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Our design department precisely identifies the essence of your newly developed design and advises you on how to protect it and to make the most of it as a design right. We work closely with you in extracting the main features of the design, and analyze and propose possible ways of filing new design applications (including use of the related design and partial design systems) in order to obtain broad and solid design rights.
Our staff members, rich in experience in various design fields, strongly support you through the application stages and through the stages of utillizing/enforcing your design rights. In addition, regardless of the complexity of the design, we can timely prepare accurate and high-quality design drawings by use of our in-house CAD systems.
With such staff members and systems, we file a great deal of design applications, arguments and appeals annually in Japan:
Number of Design Application Filed in the JPO by us
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
| Total | 502 |
623 |
587 |
619 |
451 |
| Related Designs | 154 |
222 |
145 |
198 |
125 |
| Partial Designs | 199 |
237 |
224 |
215 |
198 |
Number of Arguments and Appeals Filed in the JPO by us
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
| Arguments | 51 |
111 |
139 |
107 |
121 |
| Appeals | 9 |
19 |
26 |
8 |
14 |
Requirements for applications:
1. Information Sheet including:
- Applicants' names and addresses, representative's name, creators' (of the design) names and addresses.
- A brief explanation of the article.
- The filing date, the filing number and the name of the country for the priority application.
2. Application Forms and Drawings
- a front view, rear view, left side view, right side view, top plan view, bottom plan view, perspective view, cross-sectional view and referential view showing the article in use (we will prepare drawings upon your request).
3. Priority Document (certified copy of the original application)
Notes:
- If we receive a Priority Document before filing an application with the Japanese Patent Office, there is no charge for late filing (JY12,000).
- If you require an estimated cost for filing an application, please do not hesitate to contact us.