Languages
- Japanese / English
Career
- Graduated from the Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
- Completed the master's program, Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
- Withdrew from the doctoral program after completing the coursework, Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
- Onda International Patent Office, Patent Attorney
- IPX Patent Partners, Associate / Patent Attorney
- IPX Patent Partners, Senior Associate / Patent Attorney
Qualifications
- Patent Attorney
- Certified to represent clients in specific infringement litigation
- JDLA Deep Learning for GENERAL 2021 #1, passed
Patents (as inventor)
- Patent 7378751, Patentee: IPX Patent Partners, Inventors: Sumi, Ueno: “Information processing method, information processing system, and information processing program” (2023/11/6)
Media appearances
- YouTube, Atsushi Nozaki's e-Patent Channel: “Japanese agriculture seen by a patent attorney and farmer — Hiroki SUMI (fruit farmer, Associate Patent Attorney at IPX Patent Partners)”
- YouTube, Yuru-Kawa Trademark Radio: “Talking with a farmer and patent attorney! The novel ‘Strawberry War’ and agriculture × IP _ Yuru-Kawa Trademark Radio #98”
- YouTube, Yuru-Kawa Trademark Radio: “[Surprise visit! The farm next door] The hard road to registering a company name as a trademark _ Yuru-Kawa Trademark Radio #121”
- YouTube (Episode 185) IP Practice Online: “The road from no IP experience to drafting patent specifications alone — a fight to survive at a patent firm”
Activities
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- Registered expert for the comprehensive support program for incorporating farm businesses in Gifu Prefecture (2022/05-)
- Moderator, Chizai Juku talk event “Chizai Katariba” (2022-)
- Speaker, Agribusiness Creation Fair 2022 in Tokai: “IP strategy for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products” (2022)
- Speaker, Weekend Patent Seminar in Gifu: “Intellectual property rights in digital content: what to know now that anyone can publish” (2023)
- Seminar instructor at a retainer client on patent strategy within theoretical research (2023)
- Japan-China Expert Meeting on Appeals and Trials, user conference; attended on behalf of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2023)
- Japan-Korea Expert Meeting on Appeals and Trials, user conference; attended on behalf of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2023)
- IP mentor, Chubu IP Acceleration Program (2023)
- Accompanying expert, Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, “Hands-on Support Survey Program for IP Management” (2023)
Committees
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- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Patent Committee, Third Subcommittee, member (2022)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Patent Committee, member (2022)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Patent Committee, Vice Chair; Third Subcommittee, Group 2, Group Leader; Generative AI WG, member; Patent System Subcommittee, Examination Guidelines Expert Committee WG response team, member (2023)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Competence Assurance and Ethics Training Department, member (2023)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Tokai Branch, Intellectual Property Support Committee, member (2023)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Tokai Branch, Gifu District Association, member (2023)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Patent Committee, Vice Chair / Chair of the Third Subcommittee (2024)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries IP Committee, member (2024)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, IP System Study Committee, member (2024)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, AI Utilization Guidelines Drafting WG, Patent Committee representative member (2024)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Tokai Branch, Intellectual Property Support Committee, member (2024)
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Tokai Branch, Gifu District Association, Vice Chair (2024)
Message
Based on the technical understanding built through research and on hands-on experience, I propose the best way to protect intellectual property.
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Majored in condensed matter physics at university. Worked on strongly correlated electron systems, centered on metal oxides (ceramics), running the full cycle of theory-based material design, synthesis, evaluation, and analysis. At times designed experimental elements to match the synthesis conditions and made prototypes on machine tools by hand.
In the master's and doctoral programs, worked on complex correlations such as ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism, and ferroelasticity. Took on a wide range of experiments beyond electrical and magnetic measurement, including optical measurement, synchrotron radiation measurement, and domain measurement by PFM.
After leaving the doctoral program, joined a patent firm as a patent engineer out of a wish to support researchers with that experience. Passed the patent attorney examination at the earliest opportunity after joining and qualified as a patent attorney. Mainly handled prosecution for automotive products. Worked across a wide range of fields, centered on electrical circuits and control and extending to mechanical engineering and manufacturing methods. Drawing on the knowledge and reasoning gained in research, earned recognition for grasping technical content quickly and making active proposals to clients.