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The “Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2014” Has Been Published
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む I also participated in the mechanical field. The results of discussions in which administrative patent judges, people from companies, patent attorneys, and attorneys at law gathered together have been compiled. The analyses are very informative, so please be sure to refer to them!! https://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/kenkyukai/sinposei_kentoukai2014.htm English translation of the Japanese article.
A Draft Revision of the Examination Guidelines on Inventive Step Has Been Published
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/shingikai/new_shinsakijyun03_gijiyousi.htm Industrial Structure Council, Intellectual Property Committee, Patent System Subcommittee Summary of the Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the Working Group on the Patent Examination Standards Expert Committee The issues are as follows. How to Consider the Various Viewpoints Concerning Motivation State in the Examination Guidelines that motivation to apply a s
Report on the Results of the Patent Committee (Fiscal Year 2013)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Following fiscal year 2012, I compiled the portions of the report for which I was responsible as vice-chair. They were published in the October through December 2014 issues of Patent. English translation of the Japanese article.
Report on the Results of the Patent Committee (2012)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む It was published in the March 2014 issue of Patent. As sub-leader, I compiled the third category. Please refer to it to check the trends in recent court decisions concerning the assessment of inventive step. English translation of the Japanese article.
