was the commissioner of the

Japan Patent Office The is a Japanese governmental agency in charge of industrial property right affairs, under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The Japan Patent Office is located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo and is one of the world's largest pa ...

Lawyers Weekly USA (2006). until he was succeeded by Masahiro Koezuka (肥塚雅博).

Government service

Upon graduating from the

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with a

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, Nakajima began working in the

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in April 1974. In May 1988, the Industrial Organization and Industrial Policy Bureau chief. Later, Nakajima became the director of the Director of the Budget and Accounts Division for the Minister's

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, and eventually served as the director of the MITI's

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branch. In 2004, Nakajima served as the director-general of the

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Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, until his appointment as commissioner of the Japan Patent Office in 2005.

Japan Patent Office

While serving in the role of commissioner, Nakajima entered into new agreements with the

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and other patent offices for the

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, a set of rules for fast-tracking patents by sharing information between patent offices in different countries. He also reached a similar agreement with the

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and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China. Nakajima also took steps to increase efficiency and reduce duplication of work within the Japan Patent Office.Osterwalder (2005).

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Japan Patent Office

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