b. Quality Verication• Decisions and notices, etc. prepared by examiners are audited by quality management oicers to check compliance and validity in terms of content and format before sending oicial documents to applicants and agents. • In order to ascertain various user needs, the JPO conducts interviews at informal meetings with businesses, accepts information provided in relation to individual cases, and expands user satisfaction surveys covering overseas users and small-scale users. [Figure 2-1-4]• In August 2014, the JPO established the Subcommittee on Examination Quality Management, which consists of external experts, under the Intellectual Property Committee of the Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and has been implementing initiatives in the quality management of patent, design, and trademark examinations, based on reports by the subcommittee.(ii) Revision of Examination Guidelines for patent and utility model and Examination Handbook for patent and utility modela. Revision of patent examination guidelines/handbook for CS-related inventionsRegarding patent examination guidelines/handbook for software-related inventions, revisions intended to clarify issues concerning the patent eligibility and inventiveness of inventions without making any changes to the basic principles were published in March 2018.b. Revision of patent examination guidelines/handbook for expansion of exception period for loss of noveltyWith greater activities in joint research and university-industry collaboration through open innovation, there is increasing risk of losing novelty of invention due to disclosure by persons other than the principal parties. In view of these circumstances, Article 30 of the Patent Act was amended in 2018, and the exception period for loss of novelty was expanded from six months to one year. In line with this amendment, the patent examination guidelines/handbook was revised and published in June of the same year.5) Examination Measures for Addressing Various User Needs(i) Interview ExaminationsThe JPO conducts interviews examinations to facilitate communication between examiners and agents, etc.• In 2018, there were 4,128 interview examinations (of these, 1,158 were conducted on-site, and 155 were conducted by video conference).• To meet user needs, the video conferencing interview system is installed. It allows inventors and patent attorneys, etc. in remote areas to participate the interview examination.60Chapter 1 第1章
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