JPO provided IP Viet Nam Examiners with Face-to-Face Examination Practice Training Program in cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

March 31, 2025

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) provided patent examiners of the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) with a face-to-face training program on patent examination practices regarding transportation and electronics fields for a total of six days, from March 6 to 13, 2025. This training program was conducted in cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

From the JPO, two International Training Instructors of the Global Patent Academy (GPA) with extensive practical experience in patent examination served as instructor, and one junior examiner supported the training program. From the IP Viet Nam, 13 participants, including patent examiners, attended the program to receive the lectures. Viet Nam’s IP professionals also participated in a part of the lectures of the training program online.

Participants deepened their understanding of patent examination practices such as effective prior art search methods and determination criteria for novelty and inventive step through case studies using existing patent applications in each of transportation and electronics fields. Participants commented, "we enhanced our abilities for prior art search. We would like to use for the future practices what we learn from the training program."

The JPO will continue to provide cooperation in patent examination practices to examiners in Viet Nam and other emerging countries where further business expansion of Japanese companies is expected, thereby supporting those countries in developing and strengthening their examination systems.
 

Group photograph

Face-to-face training

JPO Trainers

Remarks by Mr. OGAWA, JICA Expert

References

• JPO/GPA Training

[Last updated 31 March 2025]