Takeshi AOKI

Experience and Achievements

2011: LL.M. in Business Law, Hitotsubashi University
2010-2014: Lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University Graduate Law School(Intellectual Property Law)
2007: Completed a training program for Chinese patent practice (SPTL Training Program).
2006: Completed a training program for U.S. patent practice (BSKB Summer Training Program).
2000: Joined PRIMEWORKS. Handles patent prosecution in areas including IT, image processing, encryption, computer software and networks.
1999-2000: Associate in a patent law firm Handled patent prosecution broadly in the IT field.
1988-1999: Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.Researched artificial intelligence, neural networks, operating system, computer networks, parallel computers, and Internet software.　Involved in developing parallel computers at ICL in the U.K. (1991-1993).
1988: B.S. in Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, The University of Tokyo

“All about License Agreements – Practical Business Edition” (LexisNexis Japan, 2nd ed:December 2016)
” Business Law Handbook” (LexisNexis Japan, February 2015)
” U.S.BUSINESS LAW HANDBOOK” (LexisNexis Japan, July 2013)
“IP protection in ASEAN and India: tracking the rapid strides & progress” (Patent, June 2011)
“Technological development and intellectual property originating from Hokkaido” (Patent, December 2010)
“Strategies for Using the Australian Innovation Patent System” (Patent, April 2010)
“All about License Agreements – Practical Business Edition” (LexisNexis Japan, January 2010)
“Recent amendments of European Patent Convention” (Patent, October 2009)
“Guide to US law” (LexisNexis JP,November 2007)
“Patent Attorney Prep Workbook for short answer test – question-by-question breakdown (3) Design Law” (Hougakushoin, Octber 2006)
“IP Securitization”, Ginkojitsumu” (Banking Education Co. Ltd., December 2005)
“Technology for Measuring Performance of IP Networks” (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE, October 1998)
“Method for Inferring Available Bandwidth in IP Networks” (Information Processing Society of Japan, October 1998)
“Resource-negotiation System Based on Market Competition” (IEICE, June 1997)
“Cost-optimal Design of Communications Networks” (The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 1991)

2018: Speaker & Panelist presenting “How to protect IoT & AI inventions” at FICPI Japan Osaka Symposium in Japan
2019: Speaker & Panelist presenting “AI and Patenting in Japan” at FICPI/AIPLA/AIPPI Joint Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence in Italy
2019: Moderator for session “Key Points of Examination Practice Regarding Patent Eligibility of AI-related Inventions” inviting examiners from JPO, USPTO, EPO, CNIPA, and KIPO at JPO at International Symposium on Patent Examination Practice - Toward Global Acquisition of Rights for AI-related Inventions hosted by Japan Patent Office
2020: Panelist discussing “Examination of AI Inventions and the Role of Data in Japan” at EPO TECH DAY 2020: Artificial Intelligence hosted by European Patent Office
2023: Speaker presenting “Patent Landscape for AI-related Inventions in Japan” at AIPPI Trilateral Meeting 2023 in Qingdao, China
2026: Speaker & Panelist presenting "Claiming beyond: means plus functional claims" at FICPI Open Forum 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.