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Patent Act　
(Link to Cabinet Secretariat)

Utility Model Act　
(Link to Cabinet Secretariat)

Patent Law, Prof. Nobuhiro Nakayama　
(Link to Institute of Intellectual Property)

Outline of The Industrial Property Right System　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Attention: Applying for an Industrial Property Right in Japan　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Procedures for Obtaining a Patent Right　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Procedures for Obtaining a Utility Model Right　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model in Japan　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Outline of Accelerated Examination and Accelerated Appeal Examination　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Patent Prosecution Highway　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Change in Extension of Period for Responding to Notice of Reasons for Refusal　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Schedule of JPO Fees　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Half Refund System on Examination Request Fees　
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

Questions and Answers Regarding Japanese Patent Practice
・Table of Contents
・Text　
(Link to the Japan Patent Attorneys Association)

Patent & Utility Model Gazette DB　
(Link to Industrial Property Digital Library)

PAJ　
(Link to Industrial Property Digital Library)

Automatic Translation in the Searching PAJ service
(Link to Japan Patent Office)

TABLE Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model in Japan（Link to Japan Patent Office）


Part I: DESCRIPTION AND CLAIMS	Requirements for Descriptions and Claims
	Requirements for Unity of Invention
	Requirements for Unity of Application
	Requirements for Disclosure of Information on Prior Art Document
Part II: REQUIREMENTS FOR PATENTABILITY	Industrially Applicable Inventions
	Novelty and Inventive Step
	Patent Act Article 29bis
	Patent Act Article 39
	Treatment of Information disclosed on the Internet as Prior Art
Part III: AMENDMENT OF DESCRIPTION, CLAIMS AND DRAWINGS	Amendment of Description,Claims and Drawings
Part III: AMENDMENT OF DESCRIPTION, CLAIMS AND DRAWINGS	Examples Concernings Amendments of Specifications or Drawings
Part IV: PRIORITY	Priority under the Paris Convention
Part IV: PRIORITY	Internal Priority
Part V: SPECIAL APPLICATIONS	Division of Application
	Convention of Application
	Patent Application Based on Utility Model Registration
Part Ⅵ: PATENT TERM EXTENSION	Patent Term Extension
Part VII: EXAMINATION GUIDELINES FOR INVENTIONS IN SPECIFIC FIELDS	Computer Software-Related Inventions
	Biological Inventions
	Medicinal Inventions
PART Ⅷ:FOREIGN LANGUAGE APPLICATION	Foreign Language Application
PART Ⅸ:PROCEDURE OF EXAMINATION	Procedure of Examination

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