Shinjiro Ono

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Ono".

Shinjiro Ono
Deputy Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
In office June 2002 – October 2005
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Nationality	Japan
Alma mater	Tokyo Metropolitan University
Profession	Civil servant

Shinjiro Ono (小野 新次郎, Ono Shinjirō^?) was the deputy commissioner of the Japan Patent Office from June 2002 until October 2005.^[1][2] He served in numerous positions in the Japan Patent Office and as the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva, Switzerland. Ono currently works with a Japanese patent firm.

Government service

Japan Patent Office

Ono graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University with a bachelor of science from the Department of Industrial Chemistry.^[2] Shortly thereafter in April 1970, Ono joined the Japan Patent Office, studying abroad in the United States in 1978 and 1979. In 1998, Ono became the Director-General of the Fourth Examination Department, overseeing chemicals. Ono served as the Director-General of the Appeals Department from 2001 to 2002. In June 2002, Ono was appointed deputy director of the Japan Patent Office, a position he filled until October 2005.^[2]

As Deputy Director, Ono attempted to improve the patent examination system to increase examination quality and reduce the time between application and approval. He also advocated the implementation of a patent prosecution highway, and improved communication with foreign patent offices on patents for cutting-edge technology.^[2]

Diplomacy

From 1982 to 1985, Ono served as the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva, Switzerland.^[2]

Post-government work

Ono currently works for Japanese patent firm Yuasa and Hara. He became a member of the board of advisers for the International Intellectual Property Institute in February 2006.^[2]

See also

• Makoto Nakajima

References

1. ^ "Summary of Results of the Seminar on Intellectual Property Cooperation between the JPO and SIPO". Japan Patent Office. 24 December 2008. http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/linke.cgi?url=/torikumi_e/kokusai_e/20081224_jpo_and_sipo.htm. Retrieved 11 August 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Conference on the ‘Business’ of Intellectual Property". Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/centers/cei/events/symposium/speakers/. Retrieved 11 August 2009. 

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Name	Ono, Shinjiro
Alternative names	Ono Shinjiro (traditional Japanese name order)
Short description	Deputy Director of the Japan Patent Office; Japanese civil servant
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