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Updating histories in 2000

11 December 2000
Committee Documents,Reports,Speeches: Interim Report the Informal Gathering for Discussion Considering the Way Training in Intellectual Property Field should be Future

27 November 2000
Commissioner's Message: General Statement at the General Assembly of WIPO (September 25.2000)

10 November 2000
Examination Infomation(Design): Design Examination Schedule in the fascal year of 2000

7 November 2000
Trilateral Web Site: Trilateral Project B3b Mutual understanding in search and examination Comparative study onbiotechnology patent practices (Theme: Nucleic acid molecule-related inventions whosefunctions are inferred based on homology search)

17 August 2000
Examination information(Design): Design Applications to be Examined in Fiscal 2000

31 July 2000
Trilateral Web Site: Notice to the Public Regarding Termination of the 1999 Concurrent Search Pilot Program
Examination Information: Notice to the Public Regarding Termination of the 1999 Concurrent Search Pilot Program

26 July 2000
Patent Abstracts of Japan News: PAJ NEWS No.16, 2000
Statistics: Trend of Industrial Property Right Applications and Registrations

21 July 2000
Recent Developments: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COOPERATION IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION

30 June 2000
Introduction to the JPO: Principal Officers of JPO (Commissioner,Deputy Commissioner,Director-General)
Patent Distribution: Patent Distribution

15 June 2000
Recent Developments: Second Informal Meeting of the Heads of Patent Offices in Certain Developed Nations

31 May 2000
Feedback: Draft revised Examination Guideline for Patent and Utility-model in Japan

17 May 2000
Other: Automated translation in the Searching PAJ service; Change in the Format of Patent (Registration) Certificates

27 April 2000
Recent Developments: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COOPERATION IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION

23 Febrary 2000
Legislation and Practice Changes: Cabinet Ordinance (Draft) Amending a Part of the Trademark Law Enforcement Order etc.; Draft of Government Ordinance Partially Amending the Patent Law Enforcement Order
Examination Information: Publication of the Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Internet Data as Prior Art and the Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Lack of Novelty of Invention; Examination of business-related inventions

8 Febrary 2000
Legislation and Practice Changes: Procedures for Designation of a Scientific Body and an Exhibition under, Section 30 etc. of the Patent Law
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Q.Please describe the details of the application of Section 30 (Exceptions to lack of novelty of invention) of the Japanese Patent Law.

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