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- Discount Programs for SME, venture companies and individual business owners
- New Platform for Patent Information
Mitsuru InoueJPAA International Activities Center
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Discount Programs which are discussed in this presentation are applicable to: - Examination fee (for patent applications) and - 1st-10th annuities (for patents)
Calculation formulas without discount:- Examination fee (for non-PCT)
= 118,000 (yen) + N x 4,000 (yen)-Total of 1st -10th annuities
= 154,000 (yen) + N x 12,000 (yen)(N: the number of claims)
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Calculated fees in example cases without discount
Discount Programs
Examination fee and 1st-10th annuities are reduced to
1/3 or 1/2 of the above depending on the applicable Program.
10 claims(Yen)
50 claims(Yen)
Examination fee 158,000 318,000
1st -10th annuities 274,000 754,000
Total cost 432,000 1,072,000
Discount Programs
Program 1. for SME, Ventures Companies and Individuals-1A. for small sized Individual businesses
-1B. for young Individual businesses
-1C. for small-sized Enterprises
-1D. ｆ or young and medium-sized Enterprises
Program 2. for young individual businesses
Program 3. for young and medium-sized Enterprises
Program 4. for R&D type SME
Program 5. Academic Discount
... etc.
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JPO is providing:
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Terms and Reduction Rate of the Programs
Program Effective TermReduction
Rate1A1B1C1D234
April, 2014 - March, 2018 2/3
(No end is set) 1/2
Request for Examination should be filed in
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*1) 5 or less for applicants in service industries.*2) ND: Non-Domination requirement - no more than 1/2 of the shares is owned by another Juristic Person; and - no more than 2/3 of the shares is owned by other Juristic Persons
Conditions for Programs 1A-1D
Program Applicant Employees YearsCapital(Yen)
Extra-Condition
1A Individuals 20 or less *1) - - -1B Individuals - upto 10 - -1C Companies 20 or less *1) - - ND*2)
1D Companies - upto 10 300M or less ND*2)
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Discount ProgramsConditions for Programs 2-4
*2) ND: Non-Domination*3,4): for manufacturing companies (other numbers are applied for other industries)*5) Expense Rate: R&D expense must exceed 3% of the total income
Conditions for Programs 2 and 3 are the same as in Programs 1B and 1D.
Program Applicant Employees YearsCapital(Yen)
Extra-Condition
2 Individuals upto 10 - -
3 Companies - upto 10 300M or less ND*2)
4IndividualsCompanies 300 or less*3) - 300M or less*4) Expense Rate*5)
Information Platform
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- INPIT is providing an on-line search service for JP patent, utility model, design and trademark information.
- The current service “IPDL” will be replaced by the new service “J-PlatPat” with some changes on March 23, 2015.
Information Platform
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Information PlatformPAJ page (Current)
A combined field is used for searching:- Applicant- Title of the invention - Abstract
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PAJ page (New)
Information Platform
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Information Platform
Keyword search for FI/F-term/IPC is possible.
Patent Map Guidance (New)
Appendix
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Details of Discounts under Program 1-4
Discount Programs
For 10 claims(1 US Dollar = 107 yen)
Regular Fees
(Basic + Claims)
Program 1A-1D1/3 of Regular Fees(Total as Rounded)
Programs 2-41/2 of Regular Fees
(Total)
Request for Examination
for Non-PCT 118,000 + 40,000 yen 52,660 yen 79,000 yen
for PCT national phase: ISA is other than JPO 106,000 + 36,000 yen 47,330 yen 71,000 yen
Annual Fee / Registration Fee
1-3rd year, annually 11,400 + 10,000 yen 7,130 yen 10,700 yen
4-6th year, annually 17,900 + 14,000 yen 10,630 yen 15,950 yen
7-9th year, annually 35,800 + 28,000 yen 21,260 yen 31,900 yen
10th year 71,6000 + 56,000 yen 42,530 yen 63,800 yen
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Other Discount Programs
Program 5: Academic Discount - 1/2 of Regular “Examination Fee” and “1-3rd Registration Fees” - Applicable to Universities and Researchers of Universities - The term “University” is defined in “School Education Act.” Program 6: “Act for Promotion of Japan as an Asian Business Center” - 1/2 of Regular “Examination Fee” and “1-10th Registration and Annual Fees” - For R&D type Small-sized Enterprises as defined by the Act
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Why “J-PlatPat”? In order to meet the increasingly sophisticated and diversified needs, the Japan Platform for Patent Information (J-PlatPat), which is a new service to provide patent information, will be provided from March 23, 2015. Any New Services? - Non-traditional trademark - Collaboration with Non-patent literature Database “J-Global” (maybe, only in Japanese) - [Future Plans] References to patent family information, and cooperation in services with other foreign IP Offices
(Source: JPO Website)
Information Platform
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Any good references for Japanese Patent information?
“Asian patent information” by EPO http://www.epo.org/searching/asian/japan.html
Searching in databases - Japanhttp://www.epo.org/searching/asian/japan/search.htmlTips & tricks for searching in databases - Number search and document retrieval - English machine translation - Legal status information - FI/F-Terms - Searching designs
Information Platform
