PROFILE

PROFILE

Masaaki Ogura
Masaaki Ogura
OGURA & CO.
International Patent Attorneys Firm
YMG Shinbashi Building 5F. No. 13-4, Shinbashi, 5-chome, Minato-ku,
TOKYO, JAPAN 105-0004
fax:81-3-3436-1307
e-mail:japamark@ogurapatent.com
http://www.ogurapatent.com/

1. Date of Birth: August 26, 1947

2. Education: Graduated from Nihon University in 1970 LLB

Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial & Technical Training Institute for Mechanical Engineering

in 1983

3. Established OGURA & CO. in October 1977.

Worked with Kanamaru Patent Office (KUSABA & CO.) presently called Yagita Patent

Office from 1972 to 1977.

Registered as a Patent Attorney in 1976.

4. Language: Japanese and English

5. Members of APAA and AIPPI

also Members of

Intellectual Property Association of Japan,

Japan Law and Economics Association,

The Japan Association for Property Assessment Policy,

Japanese Society of Independent Appraisers (JaSIA),

The Japan Society for heat treatment,

Association of Investigation of Metal Surface Treatment by Fine Particle Bombeding

Society of Shot Peening Technology of Japan,

ACTIVITIES IN

Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)

6. Member of Council: from 1989 to 1990

Assistant Chairman of the Council Committee in 1989

7. Member of Patent Systems Promotion and Public Relations Committee

in 1981

8. Re-appointment in 1982

9. Member of International Activities Committee in 1984

10. Re-appointment in 1985

11. Member of Financial Affairs Committee

12. Chairman of Patent Systems Promotion and Public Relations

Committee in 1992

13. Member of U.S./Japan Patent Practice Study Committee in 1993

14. Chairman of Training Committee of JPAA Training Institute in 1995

15. Vice President of boards for JPAA Training Institute in 1996-1997

16. Member of boards for Association for Investigation of Metal Surface Treatment

by Fine Particle Bombering since 1998

17. Member of boards for Asian Patent Attorneys Association(APAA)in Japan 1999-2006

18. Vice Chairman of Committee of Revision of JPAA Regulations in 2000

19. Vice President of JPAA in 2001

20. Vice Chairman of Committee for Formulating International Policy

Vice Chairman of Committee for Emergency matters

Member of Committee for Employee's Invention

Member of Committee of Revision of Patent Attorneys Law in 2002

21.Vice President of Central Research Institute of Intellectual Property 2004-2005

22. Member of JPAA Promotion Center for value assesement of Intellectual Property

Government Committee or Institute

Member of Institute for Intellectual Property and Industrial Competitive power 2001

Member of Institute for Investigation and Research for Patent and Economics 2001

Observer of Investigation for Internationalization of Headquarters for Reorganization

of Judicial system 2001-2002

Organizations relating to an Intellectual Property

Member of Boards for

APAA 1994-96, 1999-2006(Auditor)

Association of Investigation of Metal Surface Treatment by Fine Particle Bombering 1998-

The Japan Association for Property Assessment Policy 2005-

The Patent Attorneys Co-operative Association of Japan from 2005-

Vice President of Japanese Society of Independent Appraisers (JaSIA)

Member of a committee for Inspection of contribution for Intellectual Property Association of
Japan

Member of special committee of International Institute of Intellectual Property, Nihon
University (2006-)

Adjunct professor at Nihon University, Graduate School of Law (2011-)

Rewards

Medal with Yellow Ribbon Nov. 2005

Distinguished Prize from JPAA 1994, 2002, 2007