JPO-KIPO Examiner Exchange Program Held

June 13, 2024

On May 20 to 24, 2024, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) held an *Examiner Exchange Program with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO).

The JPO has continued Examiner Exchange Programs with the KIPO since 2000. This year, we conducted an in-person program by dispatching a JPO examiner to KIPO.

In the program, one JPO examiner and one KIPO examiner deepened understanding of each Office’s examination practices by discussing cross-filed patent applications in optical devices (electroluminescent light sources) and by exchanging information on prior art search methods and systems and operation of examination standards.

The JPO will continue to cooperate on patent examination with the IP Offices of other countries.

*The Examiner Exchange Program is designed to foster a relationship of trust and deepen mutual understanding between the examiners of the JPO and an overseas IP Office and to promote mutual use of prior art search results and examination results through discussions on each other's prior art search methods and examination practices.

Participants from the two Offices

[Last updated 13 June 2024]