FY2022 JPO/IPR Training Course on Patent Examination for Middle Eastern and African Countries (Program)

Term of Course

September 12 - October 14, 2022

Program (In-person)

Session 1.
APIC Orientation (points to be noted prior to starting the online training course) (Video)

APIC: Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center, JIPII

Session 2.
Message from Executive Official of the JPO (Video)

Mr. YASUDA Futoshi
Director-General, Trial and Appeal Department, JPO

Session 3.
Introduction of Examination Office (Video)

International Training Instructors, JPO

Session 4.
Country Report Presentations
(LIVE：Sep. 12 (Mon.), 14:00 - 17：00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC: Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center, JIPII

Session 5.
User-friendly Patent Examination from Agents' Perspectives
(LIVE：Sep. 13 (Tue.), 15:00 - 17:00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

Ms. SUGIMURA Junko
President, Patent Attorney
SUGIMURA, TAMURA & PARTNERS. International Patent & Trade Mark Office

Session 6.
JPO Business Management on Patent Examination (Video)

Mr. MIYAKE Katsuma
Assistant Director, Policy Planning and Research Section, Administrative Affairs Division, JPO

Session 7.
Work Sharing and the IT Tools (Video)

Ms. SAKAIDA Miyako
Assistant Director
International Information Technology Affairs Section, Information Systems Division, JPO

Session 8.
Quality Management of Patent Examination by the Japan Patent Office (Video)

Ms. SUGAWARA Natsuko
Assistant Director, Quality Management Office, Administrative Affairs Division, JPO

Session 9.
Patent Examination Guidelines 1 (Novelty & Inventive Step)
(LIVE：Sep. 14 (Wed.), 15:00 - 18：00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

Mr. SEKI Yujiro
Attorney at Law, Patent Attorney, Seki Yujiro Law Office

Session 10.
Patent Examination Guidelines 2 (Requirements for Description and Claims, Information, Amendments)
(LIVE：Sep. 15 (Thu.), 15:00 - 18：00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

Mr. HADATE Shoji
Patent Attorney, IPteller Patent Office

Session 11.
Case Study and Search Exercise by Patent Examiner (1) Patent Information Retrieval, Guidance on Operational Patent Examination Implementations (1) (Video)

Examination Policy Planning Office, Administrative Affairs Division, JPO

Session 12.
Case Study and Search Exercise by Patent Examiner (2) Patent Information Retrieval, Guidance on Operational Patent Examination Implementations (2)
(LIVE：Sep. 21 (Wed.), 16:00 - 18:00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

Mr. KOIKE Shunji
Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design), Business Machinery Division, JPO
Mr. SASAOKA Tomoharu
Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology), Automatic Control Division, JPO

Session 13. Case Study and Search Exercise by Patent Examiner (3) Patent Information Retrieval, Guidance on Operational Patent Examination Implementations (3) (LIVE：Sep. 22 (Thu.), 16:00 - 18:00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

Mr. KOIKE Shunji
Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design), Business Machinery Division, JPO
Mr. SASAOKA Tomoharu
Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology), Automatic Control Division, JPO

Session 14.
Case Study and Search Exercise by Patent Examiner (4) Patent Information Retrieval, Guidance on Operational Patent Examination Implementations (4)
(LIVE：Sep. 26 (Mon.), 16:00 - 18:00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

Mr. KOIKE Shunji
Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design), Business Machinery Division, JPO
Mr. SASAOKA Tomoharu
Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology), Automatic Control Division, JPO

Session 15.
Case Study and Search Exercise by Patent Examiner (5) Patent Information Retrieval, Guidance on Operational Patent Examination Implementations (5)
(LIVE：Sep. 27 (Tue.), 16:00 - 18:00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

Mr. NAKAMURA Yasushi
President, Patent Attorney
SANNO PATENT ATTORNEYS OFFICE

Session 16.
Hearing Session regarding the Training Course (Opinions on the training from those who participated in the live sessions)
(LIVE：Sep. 28 (Wed.), 15:00 - 17:00 (JST) / Video of Live stream)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC: Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center, JIPII

Session 17.
Closing Ceremony (Greetings/Reading out the names of persons completing the course) (Video)

Mr. OKAMOTO Masaki
Director, Regional Cooperation Office, International Cooperation Division, JPO

[Last updated 22 December 2023]

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