{"id":898,"date":"2025-06-07T17:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orionpatent.jp\/?page_id=898"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:05:42","slug":"toru-ishikawa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orionpatent.jp\/en\/people\/toru-ishikawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Toru ISHIKAWA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns js--scr-animation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-background b--jinr-block b--jinr-background\"><div class=\"o--background-container d--background-design-flat d--background-shadow-s d--border-outset\"><div class=\"c--background-inner d--border-none d--border-2px t--round\" style=\"border-color:#c5c5c5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-not-stacked-on-mobile js--scr-animation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orionpatent.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/\u540d\u79f0\u672a\u8a2d\u5b9a-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-630\" style=\"width:240px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center jinr-heading d--bold\">Toru ISHIKAWA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\uff08Senior Partner\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n<section id='11a56bce-9636-4f75-a62e-1bac29852bc7' data-clientid='11a56bce-9636-4f75-a62e-1bac29852bc7' data-catdisp='off' data-timedisp='off' data-btn='\u3082\u3063\u3068\u898b\u308b' data-listdesign='d--postlist-square' data-listdesignsp='d--postlist-square-sp' data-column='3' data-columnsp='1' data-ar='new' data-postnum='6' data-cat='' class='b--jinr-block b--jinr-postlist d--postlist-type-new d--postlist-square d--postlist-square-sp d--postlist-column3 d--postlist-column1-sp d--postlist-animation-fade js--scr-animation d--postlist-hover-up     '><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-iconbox b--jinr-block b--jinr-iconbox\"><div class=\"d--simple-iconbox1 block-f742cb35-79f7-426a-b646-2bdfcb45ba68\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"jif jin-ifont-starblank\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a--jinr-iconbox\">\n<p>\u30fbBiotechnology \u30fbPharmaceuticals \u30fbMedical Devices<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<style><\/style><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-iconbox b--jinr-block b--jinr-iconbox\"><div class=\"d--simple-iconbox1 block-9aebd798-e596-46a5-a87f-dcb288bc30bb\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"jif jin-ifont-v2mail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a--jinr-iconbox\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"mailto:tzi_ishikawa@orionpatent.com\" title=\"\">tzi_ishikawa@orionpatent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<style><\/style><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"a--background-color\" style=\"background:#161f267a\"><\/div><div class=\"a--background-image t--round d--background-pattern1\" style=\"opacity:0.29999999999999993;background-size:1.6666666666666667%\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-background b--jinr-block b--jinr-background\"><div class=\"o--background-container d--background-design-flat d--background-shadow-s d--border-outset\"><div class=\"c--background-inner d--border-none d--border-2px t--round\" style=\"border-color:#c5c5c5\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading d--top-margin-xl-pc d--bottom-margin-xl-pc  jinr-heading d--bold\"><span class=\"jinr-d--font-size d--fontsize-18px\">Toru Ishikawa is a senior partner at ORION I.P.O., managing a biotechnology and pharmaceutical team. He has more than 30 years of experience in the intellectual property field, focusing on patent prosecution, opposition, patent infringement opinions, patentability opinions, freedom-to-operate analyses, and due diligence in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.<br><br>He provides impactful counseling to clients in all aspects of patent portfolio development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields, including small molecule pharmaceuticals, antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates, antisense oligonucleotides, diagnostics, and enzyme replacements. He has prosecuted some highly valuable patent applications and applications for patent term extension covering approved products from several large biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.<br><br>Toru started his legal career at a leading patent firm in Tokyo, handling numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications of American and European companies. In addition, he trained at a patent firm in Washington, D.C., and then worked at the Southern California office of a major American patent firm. These experiences have enabled Toru to provide excellent services to non-Japanese clients seeking to obtain patents and protect their rights in the intellectual property field.<br><br>He founded the Sagamihara Office of ORION I.P.O. and has served as a committee member of the Biotechnology Section of the Japan Patent Attorneys&#8217; Association.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"a--background-color\" style=\"background:#161f267a\"><\/div><div class=\"a--background-image t--round d--background-pattern1\" style=\"opacity:0.29999999999999993;background-size:1.6666666666666667%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-background b--jinr-block b--jinr-background\"><div class=\"o--background-container d--background-design-shadow d--background-shadow-l d--border-outset\"><div class=\"c--background-inner d--border-none d--border-2px t--round\" style=\"border-color:#c5c5c5\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-designtitle b--jinr-block b--jinr-h2rich d--h2rich-left d--h2rich-style1 d--titledesign-weight-thin d--h2rich-icon js--scr-animation\" style=\"border-color:false\"><div class=\"c--h2rich-decoration\"><div class=\"a--h2rich-icon ef\" style=\"color:false\"><i class=\"jin-icons jin-ifont-v2archive\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--h2rich-contents\"><h2 class=\"a--h2rich-maincopy d--bold ef\" style=\"color:false\">Career<\/h2><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timeline b--jinr-block b--jinr-timeline d--timeline-type-text d--timeline-design1 d--timeline-step-original\n\t\t\td--timeline-img-shadow js--scr-animation\"><div class=\"o--timeline-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">2004<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">Partner at ORION International Patent Office<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">2001<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">Partner at Techno Fuji P.P.S<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">1998<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">Member of the biotechnology group at Fish &amp; Richardson P.C<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">1989<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">Member of the bio\/chem. group at Nakamura &amp; Partners<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">1982<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">SRL (Special Reference Laboratory)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">1980<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">Assistant researcher at the Medical Institute of Nihon University, focusing on Cellular Immunology<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"a--background-color\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(149deg,rgba(41,47,54,0.77) 3%,rgba(22,31,38,0.79) 59%,rgba(120,97,60,0.82) 100%)\"><\/div><div class=\"a--background-image t--round d--background-pattern1\" style=\"opacity:0.29999999999999993;background-size:1.6666666666666667%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-background b--jinr-block b--jinr-background\"><div class=\"o--background-container d--background-design-shadow d--background-shadow-l d--border-outset\"><div class=\"c--background-inner d--border-none d--border-2px t--round\" style=\"border-color:#c5c5c5\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-designtitle b--jinr-block b--jinr-h2rich d--h2rich-left d--h2rich-style1 d--titledesign-weight-thin d--h2rich-icon js--scr-animation\" style=\"border-color:false\"><div class=\"c--h2rich-decoration\"><div class=\"a--h2rich-icon ef\" style=\"color:false\"><i class=\"jin-icons jin-ifont-v2academic\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--h2rich-contents\"><h2 class=\"a--h2rich-maincopy d--bold ef\" style=\"color:false\">Education<\/h2><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timeline b--jinr-block b--jinr-timeline d--timeline-type-text d--timeline-design1 d--timeline-step-original\n\t\t\td--timeline-img-shadow js--scr-animation\"><div class=\"o--timeline-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">1987<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">Graduated from Nihon University with a degree in Civil Law<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-timelinechild c--timeline-item\"><div class=\"c--timeline-heading\"><div class=\"a--timeline-step-original ef\">1980<\/div><div class=\"a--timeline-label d--bold\">Graduated from Nihon University with a degree in Applied Biochemistry<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--timeline-contents\"><div class=\"a--timeline-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"a--background-color\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(149deg,rgba(41,47,54,0.77) 3%,rgba(22,31,38,0.79) 59%,rgba(120,97,60,0.82) 100%)\"><\/div><div class=\"a--background-image t--round d--background-pattern1\" style=\"opacity:0.29999999999999993;background-size:1.6666666666666667%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-background b--jinr-block b--jinr-background\"><div class=\"o--background-container d--background-design-shadow d--background-shadow-l d--border-outset\"><div class=\"c--background-inner d--border-none d--border-2px t--round\" style=\"border-color:#c5c5c5\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-designtitle b--jinr-block b--jinr-h2rich d--h2rich-left d--h2rich-style1 d--titledesign-weight-thin d--h2rich-icon js--scr-animation\" style=\"border-color:false\"><div class=\"c--h2rich-decoration\"><div class=\"a--h2rich-icon ef\" style=\"color:false\"><i class=\"jin-icons jin-ifont-v2pencil\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--h2rich-contents\"><h2 class=\"a--h2rich-maincopy d--bold ef\" style=\"color:false\">Qualifications<\/h2><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-iconbox b--jinr-block b--jinr-iconbox\"><div class=\"d--simple-iconbox1 block-f676f74a-59de-422f-b4da-ff6818f5243c\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"jif jin-ifont-v2check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a--jinr-iconbox\">\n<p>2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passed the Patent Agent&#8217;s Examination before the USPTO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<style>.block-f676f74a-59de-422f-b4da-ff6818f5243c.d--simple-iconbox1{background:rgba(255, 201, 86, 0.1);}<\/style><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-iconbox b--jinr-block b--jinr-iconbox\"><div class=\"d--simple-iconbox1 block-e4d12217-d250-4d3e-bdb7-2ada49157061\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"jif jin-ifont-v2check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a--jinr-iconbox\">\n<p>1988<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passed the Patent Attorney&#8217;s Examination<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<style>.block-e4d12217-d250-4d3e-bdb7-2ada49157061.d--simple-iconbox1{background:rgba(255, 201, 86, 0.1);}<\/style><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"a--background-color\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(149deg,rgba(41,47,54,0.77) 3%,rgba(22,31,38,0.79) 59%,rgba(120,97,60,0.82) 100%)\"><\/div><div class=\"a--background-image t--round d--background-pattern1\" style=\"opacity:0.29999999999999993;background-size:1.6666666666666667%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-background b--jinr-block b--jinr-background\"><div class=\"o--background-container d--background-design-shadow d--background-shadow-l d--border-outset\"><div class=\"c--background-inner d--border-none d--border-2px t--round\" style=\"border-color:#c5c5c5\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-designtitle b--jinr-block b--jinr-h2rich d--h2rich-left d--h2rich-style1 d--titledesign-weight-thin d--h2rich-icon js--scr-animation\" style=\"border-color:false\"><div class=\"c--h2rich-decoration\"><div class=\"a--h2rich-icon ef\" style=\"color:false\"><i class=\"jin-icons jin-ifont-v2cardboardbox\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"c--h2rich-contents\"><h2 class=\"a--h2rich-maincopy d--bold ef\" style=\"color:false\">Memberships<\/h2><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-iconbox b--jinr-block b--jinr-iconbox\"><div class=\"d--simple-iconbox1 block-00cf3b74-c477-4af7-9602-e3841026ed7c\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"jif jin-ifont-v2arrowdouble\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a--jinr-iconbox\">\n<p>Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<style>.block-00cf3b74-c477-4af7-9602-e3841026ed7c.d--simple-iconbox1{background:rgba(255, 201, 86, 0.1);}<\/style><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-iconbox b--jinr-block b--jinr-iconbox\"><div class=\"d--simple-iconbox1 block-58f15186-d69f-44f2-8ac5-5a31773bb925\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"jif jin-ifont-v2arrowdouble\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a--jinr-iconbox\">\n<p>Intellectual Property Association of Japan (IPAJ)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<style>.block-58f15186-d69f-44f2-8ac5-5a31773bb925.d--simple-iconbox1{background:rgba(255, 201, 86, 0.1);}<\/style><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-jinr-blocks-iconbox b--jinr-block b--jinr-iconbox\"><div class=\"d--simple-iconbox1 block-96e53e4b-50d3-4acd-aa82-234c5f2a090d\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"jif jin-ifont-v2arrowdouble\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"a--jinr-iconbox\">\n<p>Japan Biotechnology Industry Association<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<style>.block-96e53e4b-50d3-4acd-aa82-234c5f2a090d.d--simple-iconbox1{background:rgba(255, 201, 86, 0.1);}<\/style><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"a--background-color\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(149deg,rgba(41,47,54,0.77) 3%,rgba(22,31,38,0.79) 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