JPO Provided Examination Practice Training Program for UAE's Ministry of Economy for the first time

March 17, 2025

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) provided a face-to-face Examination Practice Training Program for the personnel of the Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for five days from February 13 to 19, 2025 at the UAE. The program was the JPO’s first training program for the UAE.

Two JPO trainers including an International Training Instructor of the JPO’s Global Patent Academy (GPA) with extensive practical experience in patent examination gave lectures to four personnel of the UAE’s Ministry of Economy who will conduct examination as patent examiners.

Through this program, the participants deepened their understanding of examination practice including methods of prior art searches and criteria for determining novelty and inventive step.

The JPO will continue to cooperate on patent examination with the UAE and other foreign IP Offices.
 

Participants from JPO and UAE

JPO Trainers with H.E. Dr. Abdelrahman Hassan Almuaini- Assistant Undersecretary for Intellectual Property

Face-to-face training

References

• JPO/GPA Training

[Last updated 17 March 2025]