Makoto Nakajima (中嶋 誠, Nakajima Makoto, born January 2, 1952) was the commissioner of the Japan Patent Office^[1] until he was succeeded by Masahiro Koezuka (肥塚 雅博).

Upon graduating from the University of Tokyo with a law degree, Nakajima began working in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in April 1974.^[2] In May 1988, the Industrial Organization and Industrial Policy Bureau chief.^[3] Later, Nakajima became the director of the Director of the Budget and Accounts Division for the Minister's Secretariat,^[4] and eventually served as the director of the MITI's Kansai region branch.^[5] In 2004, Nakajima served as the director-general of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, until his appointment as commissioner of the Japan Patent Office in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

While serving in the role of commissioner, Nakajima entered into new agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other patent offices for the Patent Prosecution Highway, a set of rules for fast-tracking patents by sharing information between patent offices in different countries.^[1] He also reached a similar agreement with the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China.^[6] Nakajima also took steps to increase efficiency and reduce duplication of work within the Japan Patent Office.^[7]

• Shinjiro Ono