Japan Patent Information Committee
[Division & Section] Patent Division
Chairperson:
IZUMIYA, Reiko Patent Attorney
Members:
TERACHI, Takumi Patent Attorney
MATSUO, Junichi Patent Attorney
NAKAMURA, Shogo Patent Attorney
ARAI, Noriyuki Patent Attorney
Mission:Collecting, analyzing and distributing information regarding the Japanese patent practice.
Practice Areas
Patents
Legal Updates
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Japan Patents Laws、Others
Online Participation in Oral Proceedings Will be Possible as of October 1, 2021
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Laws、Others
Affixation of Seal or Signature Is No Longer Required for Most Procedures as of June 12, 2021
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Laws、Others
Patent Registration and Maintenance Fees Raised as of April 1, 2022
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Laws
New Patent Fee Reduction/Exemption Program Including Academic Discount Has Been launched since April 1, 2019
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Case in which the support requirement was denied regarding a “Parameter Invention” in the field of food – Case in which the court rescinded a JPO decision (2016 (Gyo-ke) 10147)
ICHINOMIYA, Masayuki (Ph.D.)、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Case in which the defendants’ products have been judged not to infringe a medicinal use invention characterized by a dose
TERACHI, Takumi、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Case in which the inventive step of a pharmaceutical invention characterized by the time necessary for intravenous administration was admitted
TERACHI, Takumi、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Laws
Period of Exception to Loss of Novelty is expanded from six months to one year
IZUMIYA, Reiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Grand Panel Decision regarding standing to sue and inventive step of pharmaceutical invention
SUEYOSHI, Tsuyoshi、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
“Case in which a judgment about the interpretation of “can be carried out” concerning the Enablement Requirement was presented”
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Judgment made by the grand panel of the Intellectual Property High Court concerning the effects of a patent right whose term has been extended
NAKAHAMA, Akiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Judgment concerning the scope of the effects of a patent right whose term has been extended – Oxaliplatin Case-
NAKAHAMA, Akiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Others
Commencement of the Examination of the Application for Registration of Extension of the Duration of a Patent Right Based on the Revised Examination Guidelines and Examination Handbook
IZUMIYA, Reiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Judgment in relation to the doctrine of equivalents made by the large collegiate body of the Intellectual Property High Court
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Others
Current Trend of Business-Related Invention in Japan – Allowance rate has increased up to approximately 64% (2014) –
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Laws
Revised Examination Guidelines and Revised Examination Handbook for Patent and Utility Model in Japan – applied to examination to be conducted on or after October 1, 2015
IZUMIYA, Reiko (Ms.)、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents、Trademarks Others
Revision of Governmental Fees regarding Patent and Trademark
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Others
Recent usage of the patent opposition system
TERACHI, Takumi、Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Laws
Changes in Extension of Time Limit for OA Response – Effective on April 1, 2016
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Japan Supreme Court Decision on Application for Patent Term Extension dated November 17, 2015 (2014 (Gyo-Hi) No. 356)
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Laws
Interim Guidelines of “Product-by-Process Claim” in Examination and Trial Procedures
Japan Patent Information Committee
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Japan Patents Cases
Product by Process Claim – Japan Supreme Court Judgment dated June 5, 2015 (2012 (Ju) No. 1204)
ARAI, Noriyuki、Japan Patent Information Committee
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