FY2024 JPO/IPR Training Course on Patent Examination Practices for South Africa [In-person] (Program)

Term of Course

August 1 – August 7, 2024

Program (In-person)

Session 1.
Welcome Addresses
(Aug. 1 (Thu.), 10:00 - 10:10)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (APIC), Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation (JIPII)

Session 2.
Courtesy Call on Executive Official of the JPO
(Aug. 1 (Thu.), 10:30 - 10:50)

Mr. KITAMURA Hiroki
Director-General, Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science), JPO

Session 3.
Visit to the JPO
Introduction to the Patent Examination Office
(Aug. 1　(Thu.), 11:00 - 12:50)

Examination Policy Planning Office, Administrative Affairs Division, JPO
International Cooperation Division, JPO

Session 4.
APIC Orientation
(Aug. 1　(Thu.), 14:30 - 15:00)

APIC, JIPII

Session 5.
Country Report
(Aug. 1　(Thu.),15:00 - 16:00)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC, JIPII

Session 6.
Patent Examination Practice
Lecture and case study on novelty, inventive step and claim description requirements
(Aug. 2 (Fri.), 10:00 - 13:00)

Mr. OSADA Morio
Business Machinery Division (Printing Presses and Printers Sub-Division), JPO

Session 7.
Patent Examination Practice
Lecture and case study on second official action (1)
(Aug. 2 (Fri.), 14:00 - 17:00)

Mr. OSADA Morio
Business Machinery Division (Printing Presses and Printers Sub-Division), JPO

Session 8.
Patent Examination Practice
Lecture and case study on second official action (2)
(Aug. 5 (Mon.), 10:00 - 13:00)

Mr. OSADA Morio
Business Machinery Division (Printing Presses and Printers Sub-Division), JPO

Session 9.
Patent Examination Practice
Lecture and case study on prior art search (1)
(Aug. 5 (Mon.), 14:00 - 17:00)

Mr. NISHIMURA Jiro
Electronic Device Packaging Sub-Division, JPO

Session 10.
Company Visit (Case Study)
Corporate Intellectual Property Strategy
(Aug. 6 (Tue.), 10:00 - 13:00 / 14:00 - 17:00)

Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba Science Museum

Session 11.
Patent Examination Practice
Lecture and case study on prior art search (2)
(Aug. 7 (Wed.), 10:00 - 13:00)

Mr. NISHIMURA Jiro
Electronic Device Packaging Sub-Division, JPO

Session 12.
Evaluation Session
(Aug. 7 (Wed.), 14:00 - 16:00)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC, JIPII

Closing Ceremony
(Aug. 7 (Wed.), 16:20 - 17:00)

Mr. HAKAMATA Tomohiro
Director, Regional Cooperation Office, International Cooperation Division, Policy Planning and Coordination Department, JPO
International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC, JIPII

[Last updated 21 October 2024]

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