Chapter 3 第3章1064) Japan Platform for Patent Information (J-PlatPat)J-PlatPat is an internet based patent information providing service with the user-friendly search functions for oicial gazette search of Patent, Utility Model, Design, Trademark and for status checking of Legal Status of applications and the like＊1. As shown below, Patent and Utility Model related search functions have been improved in March 2018, and further improvements to benet users are scheduled for FY2019.(i) Improvements to Patent and Utility Model related search functions (March 2018)• Addition of English text search function for foreign oicial gazettes (the U.S., European and international applications).• Addition of search function that combines Classications and keywords.• Expansion of range of years for the text searches of Japanese Publication of Unexamined Applications, etc.• Increased maximum number of search results displayed.(ii) Function improvements scheduled for FY2019• Shortening of the period required for the provision of the information on Examination and Trial and Appeal, and Legal Status of applications, from about three weeks to one day.• Addition of large amount of Design and Trademark related Examination/Trial and Appeal documents and Patent and Utility Model related Trial and Appeal documents for reference (e.g. notices of reasons for refusal, written opinions, written amendments of procedures, interview records, response records).* Notes for Design and Trademark related documents from January 2019 onwards will be available for reference. As for Design, only “registered” documents will be available.• Addition of Chinese and Korean Gazette data provided by the “Chinese/Korean Gazette Translation and Search System” to searchable documents.• Addition of Dead Trademark (e.g. trademarks for which rights have expired) to searchable data. Also, the status of remaining/dead rights will be displayed on the search results screen.• The machine translation will be renewed adopting the latest neural machine translation (NMT) to improve the quality of English translations of Japanese documents including JPO’s examination documents and Japanese gazettes.5) System Development for Improvement of Convenience for UsersThe JPO has undertaken system development in line with the “Plan for Optimization of Operations and Systems of the JPO” formulated in March 2013. In June 2018, actions to be implemented by FY2022 in the plan were incorporated into the “METI Digital Transformation Plan”. And at present, in line with the new plan, the JPO is advancing system development to improve convenience for users along with sweeping reviews of system structures.The major achievements in 2018 were as shown below, and function improvements of J-PlatPat (see also the above “4) Japan Platform for Patent Information”), etc.• Renovation of the database on the search system for patents and utility models to allow public users and examiners to search in the unied database in February 2018.• Realizing fee payment through credit card settlements in April 2019.＊1Englishhttps://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/web/all/top/BTmTopEnglishPage
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