(ii) Collective Examinations for IP Portfolio Supporting Business StrategyThe Collective Examinations for IP Portfolio Supporting Business Strategy is a measure that supports the acquisition of rights in time with operations of businesses by having examiners for multiple applications related to the business (patent, design, and trademark applications) coordinate with each other to conduct their respective examinations. [Figure 2-1-5]• In 2018, there were 41 applications for Collective Examinations for IP Portfolio Supporting Business Strategy.• Of these, there were 461 patent applications, 2 applications for design registration, and 1 applications for trademark registration.(iii) New Patent Examination-related Support Measures for StartupsIn order to support early registration for startups, the JPO initiated accelerated examinations using interviews for start-ups from July 2018, as a patent examination-related support measure for startups, that will lead to the strategic acquisition of patent rights through interviews conducted prior to rst action. At the same time, the JPO eased conditions for super-accelerated examinations for startups.• In 2018, there were 9 requests for accelerated examinations using interviews for startups.• In 2018, there were 42 requests for super-accelerated examinations for startups.6) Improvement of Foundation for Prior Art SearchesPrior art searches are one of the important pillars for maintaining and improving examination quality, and a constant improvement of the foundation for prior art searches for both patent documents and non-patent literature is therefore crucial.(i) Initiatives Related to Machine Translation Texts• In order to expand prior art searches, the JPO is currently accumulating full text Japanese machine translations of US, EP and WIPO patent documents in English that have been created to date, and patent documents from China and South Korea, on a retrieval system for patents and utility models.(ii) Initiatives Related to Improvement of Patent Classications• As part of improving the foundation for prior art searches, the JPO actively proposes to revise International Patent Classications (IPC) so as to make the superior classication entries of FI＊6 and F-Term＊7, JPO’s original classications, the IPCs, and is currently engaged in discussions to this end (In 2018, discussions covered 20 JPO proposals in broad technical elds in mechanical, chemical, and electrical areas.).• The JPO is in the process of further improving search index, under the principle that FI must be compliant with the latest International Patent Classications (IPC), in order to search eiciently for domestic and foreign patent documents. In FY2018, the JPO amended the FI scheme for the 431 main groups, and conducted F-Term maintenance for 8 themes.• Regarding the newly established and allocated broad facet classication code＊8 ZIT for cross-sectional extraction of patent documents that concern IoT-related technologies, the JPO has proposed incorporation of ZIT into International Patent Classications (IPC) to foreign IP oices, for enabling extraction of foreign language documents from the same perspective, as well as Japanese documents, and is currently engaged in discussions to this end.＊6An FI (File Index) means an original classication by the JPO that is a further development of the IPC.＊7An F-Term (File forming Term) means an original classication by the JPO expanded to various technical aspects (e.g., purpose, use, structure, material, manufacturing method, processing and operational method, and means of control) by technical area (theme).＊8A broad facet classication code means a classication that is assigned from a cross-sectional perspective spanning multiple elds.62Chapter 1 第1章
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