JPO-CNIPA Examiner Exchange Program Held

November 13, 2024

On October 22 to 25, 2024, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) held an Examiner Exchange Program^* with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).

The JPO has conducted Examiner Exchange Programs with the CNIPA since 2008.

This year, we held an in-person program by inviting CNIPA examiners to Japan. Nine JPO examiners and four CNIPA examiners participated in the program, and deepened understanding of each Office’s examination practices by exchanging information on prior art search methods and systems and operation of examination standards in four technical fields of applied physics, refrigerating and air-conditioning engineering, medical science, and video systems.

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 both offices

Scene from the discussion (1)

Scene from the discussion (2)

[Last updated 13 November 2024]