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Publication of the Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Technical information disclosed on the Internet as Prior Art and the Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention

Publication of the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Technical information disclosed on the Internet as Prior Art"
and the"Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention"

December 10, 1999
Examination Standards Office
Coordination Division

Following the 1999 amendment of Sections 29(1)(iii) and 30 of the Japanese Patent Law (JPL), the JPO published the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Technical information disclosed on the Internet as Prior Art (Draft)" and the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention (Draft)" in order to gather public opinion, and has repeatedly examined the guidelines. As a result, the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Technical information disclosed on the Internet as Prior Art" and the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention" have been finalized. The finalized versions of the guidelines are available for your reference below.

Please click the button below to download the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Technical information disclosed on the Internet as Prior Art" or the "Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention"

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[Last updated 25 February 2000]

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