Teiyu Sako

Education

The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering (Ph.D.).
The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (LL.M.; Law & Technology Certificate).

Qualification/Membership

Admitted to Daini Tokyo Bar Association in September 2009.
Admitted to Japan Patent Attorneys Association in May 2011.

Languages

Japanese, English

Specialized Areas in Law

IP law, IP litigation, trial for patent invalidation, objection, license, joint development, expert testimony, boarder enforcement, system error cases, software development contract, business law, civil law, civil procedure, research ethics, engineering ethics.

Specialized Areas in Scientific Expertise

Liquid crystal display, polymer, optical film, medicine, rechargeable battery, building materials, industrial robot, personal identification system, allocation system of investigational new drug, transmission/reception system of broadcast and communication.

Publication in Law Journal

1. “Legal Consultation Guidebook for Consumer Issues [5th ed.]” (Co-author) Consumer Affairs Committee of Daini Tokyo Bar Association in press.
2. “Public Dedication Rules under the Doctrine of Equivalents in Japan and the US” T. Sako, AIPPI JAPAN, 44(1), 13-30 (2019).
3. “Q&A Consultation for Internet Consumers [4th ed.]” (Co-author) Consumer Affairs Committee of Daini Tokyo Bar Association, Minjiho Kenkyukai (2014).
4. Ibid. [3rd ed.] (Co-author) Consumer Affairs Committee of Daini Tokyo Bar Association, Minjiho Kenkyukai (2011).

Publication in Scientific Journal

1. “Dielectric and Electrooptical Responses in Smectic Liquid Crystals and Their Application to Flat Panel Displays” T. Sako, JLCS Journal EKISHO 5 (2), 175 (2001).
2. “Temperature dependence of practical τ-Vmin mode FLC materials” T. Sako, T. Furukawa, T. Kaneko, A. Sakaigawa and M. Koden, Ferroelectrics 246, 183 (2000).
3. “Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Materials with Wide Operating Range for τ-Vmin Mode Devices” T. Sako, T. Furukawa, T. Kaneko, A. Sakaigawa and M. Koden, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 328, 447 (1999).
4. “Polymer / Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Composite Device for Analogue Gray Scale ; Development of Polymer Materials” A. Sakaigawa, T. Sako and M. Koden, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 328, 201 (1999).
5. “Temperature dependence of the switching property in τVmin mode ferroelectric liquid crystals” T. Sako, T. Kaneko and M. Koden, Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 2224 (1999).
6. “Key Technologies for the FLC Displays Having Wide Operation Temperature” A. Sakaigawa, T. Sako, T. Furukawa, M. Kabe, A. Tagawa, S. Okazaki and M. Koden, Proceedings of the 6th International Display Workshops (Society for Information Display and the Institute of Television Engineers of Japan, Sendai, 1999), p. 293.
7. “FLC’97 Report –Application–” T. Sako, JLCS Journal EKISHO 2 (1), 65 (1998).
8. “FLC Materials with Fast Response Time and High Contrast Ratio for the τ-Vmin Mode FLCDs” M. Koden, T. Furukawa, M. Kabe, S. Okamoto, A. Sakaigawa, T. Sako, M. Sugino, A. Tagawa, J. C. Jones, M. H. Anderson, P. E. Dunn, J. R. Hughes, K. P. Lymer, V. Minter, K. G. Russell and A. J. Slaney, Digest of Technical Papers of 1998 Society for Information Display International Symposium (Society for Information Display, Anaheim, 1998), p. 778.
9. “Switching behavior of surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals induced by pulse voltages” T. Sako, N. Itoh, A. Sakaigawa and M. Koden, Appl. Phys. Lett. 71, 461 (1997).
10. “Polymer / Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Composite Device for Analogue Grey Scale” A. Sakaigawa, T. Sako and M. Koden, Proceedings of the 4th International Display Workshops (Society for Information Display and the Institute of Television Engineers of Japan, Nagoya, 1997), p. 293.
11. “Influence of Optical Purity on the Smectic-Cβ* Phase of Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals” T. Sako, Y. Kimura, R. Hayakawa, N. Okabe and Y. Suzuki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Lett. 35, L114 (1996).
12. “Dielectric and Electrooptical Responses of Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals in the Smectic-A Phase” T. Sako, Y. Kimura, R. Hayakawa, N. Okabe and Y. Suzuki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 35, 679 (1996).
13. “Electrical and Optical Responses of an Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal in SmA, SmCα * and SmC* Phases” T. Sako, Y. Kimura, R. Hayakawa, N. Okabe and Y. Suzuki, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 263, 81 (1995).
14. “Nonlinear Behaviors of Electroclinic and Dielectric Constants at the Smectic A-Smectic C* Phase Transition” Y. Kimura, T. Sako and R. Hayakawa, Ferroelectrics 147, 315 (1993).

Formal Presentation (International Conference)

1. “Temperature dependence of practical τ-Vmin mode FLC materials” 7th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (Darmstadt, Aug. 1999).
2. “Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Materials with Wide Operating Range for τ-Vmin Mode Devices” 17th International Liquid Crystal Conference (Strasbourg, July 1998).
3. “Dielectric and Electroclinic Constants of Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals” 5th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (Cambridge, July 1995).
4. “Electrical and Optical Responses of Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals In SmA-SmCβ*-SmC* Phases” 15th International Liquid Crystal Conference (Budapest, July 1994).

Award (International Award)

Outstanding Poster Paper Award.
The 4th International Display Workshops (Society for Information Display and the Institute of Television Engineers of Japan, Nagoya, 1997).