was the deputy 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 ...
from June 2002 until October 2005.
He served in numerous positions in the Japan Patent Office and as the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Japan in
Geneva
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, Switzerland. Ono worked with a Japanese patent firm.
Government service
Japan Patent Office
Ono graduated from
Tokyo Metropolitan University
, often referred to as TMU, is a Public Research University, public research university in Japan.
Origin
The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by Tokyo Prefec ...
with a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
from the Department of Industrial Chemistry.
[ 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.][
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 The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a set of initiatives for providing accelerated patent prosecution procedures by sharing information between some patent offices. It also permits each participating patent office to benefit from the work previ ...
, and improved communication with foreign patent offices on patents for cutting-edge technology.[
]
Diplomacy
From 1982 to 1985, Ono served as the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva, Switzerland.[
]
Post-government work
Ono worked for Japanese patent firm Yuasa and Hara. He became a member of the board of advisers for the International Intellectual Property Institute
The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1999 and located in Washington, DC. An international advocacy organization and think tank, IIPI is dedicated to increasing awareness and ...
in February 2006.[
]
See also
*Makoto Nakajima
was the commissioner of the Japan Patent OfficeLawyers Weekly USA (2006). until he was succeeded by Masahiro Koezuka (肥塚 雅博).
Government service
Upon graduating from the University of Tokyo with a law degree, Nakajima began working in th ...
References
1940s births
2022 deaths
Japanese patent law
Japanese government officials
Japanese diplomats
Japanese patent attorneys
Year of birth missing (living people)
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