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Outline of Right Obtainment
- Procedures for Obtaining a Patent Right
- Procedures for Obtaining a Utility Model Right
- Procedures for Obtaining a Design Right
- Procedures for Obtaining a Trademark Right
Review of Laws
- Bill to Patent Law Amendment Reducing Patent Pendency
- Bill for the Amendment of Patent Law and other Industrial Property Laws
- Review of Patent Attorney (benrishi) Law
- Review of Patent Law and Trademark Law
- Draft of Government Ordinance Partially Amending the Patent Law Enforcement Order
- Cabinet Ordinance (Draft) Amending a Part of the Trademark Law Enforcement Order etc
- RECLASSIFICATION INFORMATION
Schedule of Fees
- Schedule of Fees [Last updated 2 April 2012]
- Fees for Patent Examination Requests to Be Revised Lower [Last updated 8 July 2011]
- Half Refund System on Examination Request Fees [Last updated 9 August 2007]
Obtaining Rights
Patents and Utility models
- Procedures for Seeking Application of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention, Corresponding to the Patent Act Article 30 [Last updated 28 December 2011]
- Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model in Japan [Last updated 25 April 2012]
- Updating of translation in English of the Examination Guidelines [Last updated 25 April 2012]
- Publication of “Case Study on Inventive Step”[Last updated 30 June 2010]
- Revision of Examination Guidelines for “Amendment of Description, Claims and Drawings” [Last updated 1 June 2010]
- Revision of Examination Guidelines for "Industrially Applicable Inventions" and Revision of Examination Guidelines for "Medicinal Inventions" [Last updated 23 October 2009]
- Implementation of the Common Application Format [Last updated 7 Septenber 2009]
- How to prepare Descriptions for Patent Applications (to be applied after January 1, 2009) [Last updated 7 Septenber 2009]
- How to prepare Descriptions for Utility Model Applications (to be applied on or after January 1, 2009) [Last updated 7 Septenber 2009]
- Frequently asked questions on the implementation of the Common Application Format [Last updated 7 Septenber 2009]
- Invitation for Public Comments on Draft Revision of Examination Guidelines for "Industrially Applicable Inventions" and Draft Revision of Examination Guidelines for "Medicinal Inventions" [Last updated 6 August 2009]
- Submission of Information by Third Parties [Last updated 24 July 2008]
- Priority Documents-Exemption under the Priority Document Electronic Exchange Agreement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office [Last updated 27 June 2007]
- Revision of the Time Limit for Submitting a Request for Examination [Last updated 5 September 2001]
- Policies concerning "Business Method Patents" [Last updated 30 November 2000]
- Examination of business-related inventions [Last updated 10 March 2000]
- Publication of the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Technical information disclosed on the Internet as Prior Art" and the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention" [Last updated 25 February 2000]
- "Examples of examinations on the inventions related to genes (DNA fragments, full-length cDNAs, and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms)" [Last updated 26 November 1999]
- Implementing Guidelines for Inventions in Specific Fields(Final Version)
- Exemption for Submission of Priority Documents
- Publication of the "Examination Guidelines on Requirement for Disclosure of Information on Prior Art Documents" [Last updated 30 August 2002]
- Changes in procedures and fees effective on and after January 1, 1999
Trademarks
- The Trademark Examination Manual [Last updated 29 March 2013]
- International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) 10th edition, version 2013 Alphabetical List in Japanese Translation with Similar Group Code [Last updated 7 January 2013]
- Examination guidelines for similar goods and services (corresponding to the 10-2013th edition of the international classification) [Last updated 26 March 2013]
- Examination guidelines for similar goods and services (corresponding to the 10th edition of the international classification) [Last updated 15 June 2012]
- Examination Guidelines for Trademarks [Last updated 25 December 2012]
- Notice regarding Trademark System for Retail and Wholesale Services [Last updated 25 July 2007]
Appeal
- GUIDELINES FOR WRITING GROUNDS FOR DEMAND FOR DEMANDS FOR APPEALS/TRIALS [Last updated 3 Septenber 2002]
- GUIDELINES FOR WRITTEN OPPOSITION TO A GRANTED PATENT AND DEMAND FOR CORRECTION [Last updated 13 August 2002]
- JAPAN PATENT OFFICE (JPO) HANTEI(ADVISORY OPINION ON THE TECHNICAL SCOPE OF A PATENTED INVENTION) [Last updated 28 June 2002]