Professor, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), The University of Tokyo
2021.9～ Deputy Director General, Division of University Corporate Relations (DUCR),
2024.4- Special Advise to the President
2024.4- Director, Institute of Open Innovation
2022.4-2024.3 Director, Strategic Public Relations Planning Office
Patent Attorney
After joining the Japan Patent Office (JPO), she was engaged in patent examination and appeal examination in a wide range of technical fields, including semiconductor processes and devices, food, microorganisms, and cosmetics. In 2021, she was appointed as a director of the division of alloys and chemical batteries like lithium-ion batteries and fuel batteries.
Until she left the JPO in 2021, she was the first Director of the Public Relations Office at the JPO, where she established a new public relations strategy and system. She also served as the Director of Patent Strategy Planning, where she tried to enlighten major corporate executives on the importance of intellectual property management.
Currently, she is the Deputy Director General of the division of University Corporate Relations in the University of Tokyo and oversees the University of Tokyo’s industry-university collaboration activities.
She is a licensed patent attorney.
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