The following flowchart shows the procedures for obtaining a patent right in Japan via PCT. The detailed procedures after notification of 1st office actio...
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When responding to a Final office action or an Examiner's decision of refusal, claim amendment procedures are restricted to following (a) to (d). (a) Dele...
Japan Patent Office publishes the Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model. The parts related to Restriction of amendment of claims are as foll...
The accelerated examination system/accelerated appeal examination system is a system enabling an examination to be conducted more quickly than under the r...
A “grace period” is a specified period of time before an application has been filed, and during which time the invention could be disclosed through variou...
The following is an overview of the Half Refund System provided by Japan Patent Office. (1) Outline of the Half Refund System on Examination Request Fees ...
Opposition and invalidation trial are procedure for invalidating a patent. The following table and figure show (1) Comparison table of opposition system a...
An applicant can submit additional experimental data in response to office action (e.g., lack of inventive step), and an examiner will consider the additi...
Japan Patent Office started new fee reduction system from April 1, 2019. The scope of reduction has been expanded and the procedure has been simplified. T...
The following figures show the flow of procedures for a patent application and a divisional application after notification of 1st OA (office action) in Ja...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes procedures for entering the Japanese national phase from a PCT applica...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes examination guidelines for use application (i.e., "for use in…") publi...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes Examination Guidelines regarding "Eligibility for Patent and Industria...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes Examination Guidelines regarding "Eligibility for Patent and Industria...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes a list of some of the advisory opinions by Japan patent office under A...
Japan Patent Office accepts (i) multiple dependent claim (multi claim), and (ii) multiple dependent claim dependent from another multiple dependent claim ...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. This page introduces Japanese National Holidays for 2019. All deadlines falling on this period ...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes Examination Guidelines for New matter published by Japan Patent Office...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. This page introduces Japanese Patent Act (English Translation)....
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes a list of some of the invalidation trials filed with Japanese Patent O...
This website, JPR, introduces Japanese patent information. The information includes a list of some of the oppositions filed with Japanese Patent Office an...
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Daisuke Tokushige
I work for a Japanese IP law firm called SK Intellectual Property Law Firm. My work includes preparing patent specification, response to office action, patent search, and advising a company on patent issues.
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