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Accelerated Examination and Accelerated Appeal Examination
- Outline of Technology Examined in 1st-4th Patent Examination Departments [Last updated 9 May 2012]
- HTML to XML converter [Last updated 4 July 2011]
- Outline of Accelerated Examination and Accelerated Appeal Examination (Patents)
- Outline of super Accelerated Examination (Patents)
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
- The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Portal Web Site [Last updated 26 March 2013]
- Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) [Last updated 28 February 2013]
New Route
Examination on Patent Right and Utility Model Right
- Change in Extension of Period for Responding to Notice of Reasons for Refusal (Patents) [Last updated 6 February 2007]
- Request to Notify Applicants of Examination Request Fee Refund System [Last updated 31 March 2006]
- Refund System on Examination Request Fee [Last updated 31 March 2006]
- Consolidated Examination Program for Relevant Applications in fiscal 2006 [Last updated 7 September 2005]
- Examination Cooperation between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) [Last updated 29 November 2002]












