Attorney Profiles
Patent Attorney
Nobushige Furuhashi
Partner
Career

1997
Graduated from The University of Tokyo, Department of Chemical System Engineering

 

1997-2001
Ota & Associates

 

1999
Registered as patent attorney

 

2001
Joined Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

 

2005-2006
Member of Japan Patent Attorneys Association Patent Committee

 

2007
Member of AIPPI Judicial Decision Study Meeting

 

2009
Qualified as patent attorney admitted to practice intellectual property infringement litigation

 

2015-2016
Member of Japan Patent Attorneys Association Patent Committee

Memberships

・Japan Patent Attorneys Association

・AIPPI

Main Areas of Practice

Nobushige Furuhashi specializes in patent prosecution in the field of organic chemistry, food, pharmaceuticals, etc. He has extensive experience in invalidation trials, IP High Court appeals and patent infringement litigation. Fields he has been involved with not only include chemistry, food, pharmaceuticals, but also medical equipment, semiconductors and other electric and mechanical fields.

Publications and Articles

・”New – Commentary on Patent Law (Second edition)” (Co-author) Seirin Shoin (April, 2011)

 

・”Trend of inventive step and written requirement based on cases revoked the JPO decisions, and comparative study of the trend and a new patent examination guideline” (Co-author) PATENT 2016

 

・Case Revoked the JPO decision which rejected a patent application regarding “Odor-Neutralizing and Liquid-Absorbing Trash Bags” for lack of inventive step based on well-known art (Intellectual Property High Court 2010 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10351, September 28, 2011)

 

・”New – Commentary on Patent Law” (Co-author) Seirin Shoin (April, 2011)