Our office is pleased to welcome Patent Attorney Keiko NAGAI.
Since joining the Japan Patent Office in 1991, Ms. Nagai has been engaged for many years in the examination and appeal of a wide range of technical fields, including biotechnology, plant and animal varieties, pharmaceuticals, foods, analytical technologies, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and livestock industries. In particular, as an expert in the biotechnology field, she has handled examinations, appeals, and court proceedings for numerous high‑profile cases, including Nobel Prize-winning technologies such as genome editing, iPS cells, and somatic cell cloning, as well as cases involving patent term extension registrations.
She also served as a Judicial Research Official at the Intellectual Property High Court, where she was involved in patent infringement litigation and actions seeking the revocation of appeal decisions, thereby gaining extensive practical experience in judicial proceedings.
With the expertise cultivated through these experiences, we are confident that she will provide greater added value to our clients and contribute to further enhancing the quality of our intellectual property services.