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Patent & Utility Model
Flowchart and Basic Procedures for Obtaining a Patent
Convention Application (Paris Route)
Japanese National Phase of an International Application (PCT Route)
Japanese Patent Application FAQs
- Before you apply
- When you apply
- After you apply
- Entry of a PCT application in Japan
- Claim Format
- Methods for treatment of the human body
- Disclosure Requirements
- Application Number for Japanese National Phase of a PCT Application
- Publication
- Examination
- Refund of Examination Fee
- Expedited Examination
- Amendment
- Office Action
- Extension of Time
- Divisional Application
- Appeal
- Reviving an Abandoned Case
- Change of ownership, Assignment
- License
- Official Fees
Reports & Topics
- Priority Documents-Exemption under the Priority Document Electronic Exchange Agreement between the USPTO and the JPO (July 2007) - July 4, 2008 -
- The JPO reserved changes to the PCT regulations that entered into force on April 1, 2007 - July 4, 2008 -
- Japanese Patent Office Announces Reductions in the Official Fees (Effective from June 1, 2008) - May 29, 2008 -
- USPTO and JPO to implement Patent Prosecution Highway on Full-Time Basis - Dec. 28, 2007 -
- Recent Major Amendments to Japanese Industrial Property Laws - Jul. 1, 2006 -
- Press release from Japan Patent Office regarding the organizations filing the most patent applications in Japan - May 29, 2006 -
- Utility Model or Patent? - Feb. 3, 2006 -
- Revisions to Japanese Utility Model Law(Effective on April 1. 2005) - Dec. 2, 2005 -
- Claim Construction: Phillips vs. AWH Update - Aug. 2, 2005 -
- Claim Construction: First Consult the Specification or Technical and General Purpose Dictionaries? - Dec. 8, 2004 -
- Amendments to Japanese Patent Law(Effective from January 1.and April 1. 2004) - Feb. 5, 2004 -
- The revision of the appeal/trial system of Japanese patent law that takes effect on January 1. 2004. - Dec. 25, 2003 -
- Changes in the Japanese Patent Law that take effect on September 1. 2002 . -Aug. 9, 2002 -
- Apple vs. SOTEC; original or not? 7 points of similarity between Apple's "iMac" and SOTEC's "e-one". - Sep. 28, 1999 -