SHINGO MISAKI

Shingo Misaki is Manager of IP at the Minatorami Research Center of KYOCERA Document Solutions, a Japanese multinational company that is headquartered in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan. As Manager of IP, Shingo is responsible for developing the patent strategy for a new business division. He also oversees the patent portfolio for inventions originating in Japan and KYOCERA's subsidiaries in the US and Europe. Shingo specializes in invention harvesting, preparation and prosecution of US and foreign patent applications, and other IP matters.

From 2014 to 2020, Shingo was based in KYOCERA's California-based subsidiary where he strategically developed and managed a software patent portfolio relating to printers and document solutions. Before that, Shingo gained IP experience in Japan as an IP practitioner at several companies and a law firm, where he prepared and prosecuted Japanese and foreign patent applications and assisted in several IP litigations.

Shingo received his Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Geophysics at Kyoto University. He was also a Patent Agent (limited recognition) at the USPTO and he passed Japan Patent bar.