IP Laws & Practices

About Japanese Practices

Law & Rules

• 1.Patent Term Extension in Japan
• 2.Accerelated Examination
• 3.Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications Relating to Pharmaceutical Inventions
  in the Japan Patent Office
• 4.Examination on Product-by-Process Claim
• 5.Outline of Patent Law Amendment in 2014
• 6.IP Law Amendment in 2015
• 7.Use Invention of Food Becomes Patentable Subject Matter
• 8.Patent Law Amendment in 2018
• 9.Cabinet Order on the Patent Law Amendment in 2018
• 10.Outline of Patent Law Amendment in 2019
• 11.Outline of Patent Law Amendment in 2021
• 12.Cabinet Order on the Patent Annuities in 2021
• 13.Revision of Schedule of Charges from April 1, 2022
• 14.Amendment of Law on Restoration of Rights
• 15.Operation of Divisional Applications
• 16.Operation of Divisional Applications (Supplement)