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	30 September.	Schedule of PCT fees in JPO
	28 September.	Examination Handbook for Patent and Utility Model in Japan
	28 September.	Handling Procedures for Examinations involving Product-by-process Claims
	28 September.	Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee Visited JPO
	16 September.	JPO Conducted IPR Training Course on Establishing Patent Examination Guidelines
	16 September.	Preliminary Statistical Data on Applications, Requests and Registrations
	15 September.	The 1st General Meeting of Euro IPG Held
	15 September.	FAQs - Fees
	12 September.	The 7th JPO-KIPO Trial and Appeal Expert Meeting Held
	12 September.	Foreign Right Holders can Renew Patents through Direct Payment
	12 September.	The number of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) request to the NOIP has reached its limit under the PPH program between the NOIP and the JPO
	9 September.	How to Pay Fees to ISA/JP or IPEA/JP from Outside Japan
	8 September.	JPO Conducted IPR Training Course for Practitioners Specializing in Patents
	8 September.	Deputy Director General of MyIPO Visited JPO
	7 September.	KIPO-SIPO-JPO Trilateral Conference on IP Trials Held
	6 September.	JPO Conducted IPR Workshop on Establishing an IP Office in Myanmar
	2 September.	Preliminary Statistical Data on Applications, Requests and Registrations
	1 September.	FI Revision Information
	1 September.	Decisions (10 new decisions have been added.)

	US-JP Collaborative Search to be More User-Friendly [Last updated July 28, 2016]( External link )
	Announcing Registration of the 600th Regional Collective Trademark “比婆牛(Hiba Beef)” [Last updated June 17, 2016]( External link )
	User Satisfaction with Examination is Increasing (Results of the FY2015 User Satisfaction Surveys on Examination Quality) [Last updated June 10, 2016]( External link )
	IP5 Offices Agreed on the IP5 Joint Statement in Tokyo 2016 (Tokyo Statement) [Last updated June 3, 2016]( External link )
	Facilitating Patent Granting in Cambodia (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated May 9, 2016]( External link )
	JPO Compiles the JPO Status Report 2016 (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated April 14, 2016]
	The JPO Extensively Reviews and Revises the Trademark Examination Guidelines for the First Time in 45 Years (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated March 22, 2016]( External link )
	Accession to the Patent Law Treaty and the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated March 14, 2016]( External link )
	JPO Compiles FY 2015 Survey Report on Losses Caused by Counterfeiting (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated March 10, 2016]
	JPO Compiles a Booklet Titled Regional Brands in JAPAN 2016 - Regional Collective Trademarks (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated March 10, 2016]
	JPO to Promote Cooperation concerning Classification for Patents and Designs with the USPTO (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated March 4, 2016]

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