PatentOS is developed by IP Rich in collaboration with G Productions Japan LLC, its development partner. The team combines hands-on patent practice with AI engineering and product development.
Founder and CEO of IP Rich. Physics graduate, Sophia University. Former Fuji Xerox patent operations. Founded Patent Investment Inc. in 2016, growing it into IP Rich. Inventor on two granted patents (four pending) for SOS submersible drone systems. Produced Japan's first feature film with intellectual property as its central subject. Lectures on patent strategy at universities and IP certification programs. Built the manual workflow PatentOS now automates.
Provides product design and technology development for PatentOS through G Productions Japan LLC as a development partner. Fifteen years at CyberAgent building products across games, media, AI, and SaaS, wearing every hat: engineer, designer, business owner. Built OpenSTF, an open-source mobile testing platform adopted in production by Netflix, Alibaba, and Google (13,000+ GitHub stars). AI evangelist and frequent conference speaker. Certified Highly Skilled Professional by the Government of Japan. Former MEXT scholar.
EVP and Patent Attorney. Engineering, University of Tokyo. Sixteen years as a systems engineer across multiple industries before registering as a patent attorney (benrishi) in 2016. Has drafted more than 300 patent specifications across software, electrical, mechanical, and telecommunications. Former IP Group Leader at Yayoi Inc. Founded IP Rich International Patent Office in 2024. Sets the precision bar inside the PatentOS platform.
Patent Attorney. National Defense Academy and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ph.D. Engineering). R&D at Japan's Defense Equipment Agency. Cross-border patent registration and commercialization across Japan, US, and China offices, with a focus on information and communications. Management strategy consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&). Independent IP practice since 2013, end-to-end from filing through commercialization. Leads JP-US-EP cross-jurisdiction work on PatentOS.
Partner Patent Attorney. Legal Studies, Kanagawa University Graduate School. Civil service background before becoming a patent attorney. Operates an independent patent firm in close collaboration with attorneys, judicial scriveners, and labor and social security attorneys. Specializes in trademark law, with research bridging academic theory and front-line practice. Coordinates PatentOS's work with outside reviewing attorneys and is responsible for review quality on partner-firm engagements.
IP Rich brings the patent practice. G Productions Japan LLC provides product design and technology development as its development partner. Together, they build PatentOS around the workflows of patent professionals.
¥105.4M
IP Rich share capital
300+
Patent specifications drafted
5+ years
IP educational publishing
JP · US · EP
IP practice experience on the team
Headquarters and licensed attorneys in Tokyo. Engineering is distributed across Japan. We meet investors and partners wherever suits them.
"We are the customers. We are the developers. The product has to work for both, or we will not let it ship."
The PatentOS team
We hear from corporate IP teams, patent firms and investors, and route each message to the right person.