R t i i d Utili i E t l Retrieving and Utilizing External Results: Sources and Types of ypExternal Results

Akiyoshi IMAURADeputy Director for International Affairs Di i iDivisionJapan Patent Office

Source of External Results

AIPN (JP) http://aipn.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/

European Patent Register (EP)https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer

DPMA i (DE) DPMAregister (DE)http://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/pat/einsteiger

Public Pair (US) Public Pair (US)http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair

K-PION (KR) K-PION (KR)http://kposd.kipo.go.kr:8088/up/kpion/

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Retrieving and Utilizing External Results: External Results: Advanced Intellectual Property Network

(AIPN)(AIPN)

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AIPN – What’s the AIPN?

The AIPN is the Web based Service onlyf E i i th F i IP Offifor Examiners in the Foreign IP Offices.

The AIPN provides Dossier Information The AIPN provides Dossier Information and Legal status of applications examined by JPO. by JPO.

Almost all Information is translated into l h b l h hEnglish by Japanese-English Machine

Translation.

The AIPN is the Useful Tool for Utilizing Examination Results done by JPO.

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Examination Results done by JPO.

AIPN – Current Image

Providing JPO Examination Results in EnglishProviding JPO Examination Results in English1 Reduces work load of foreign examiners1 Reduces work load of foreign examiners1. Reduces work load of foreign examiners1. Reduces work load of foreign examiners2. Accelerates overseas rights acquisition of applicants2. Accelerates overseas rights acquisition of applicants

AIPN: Advanced Industrial Property NetworkAIPN: Advanced Industrial Property Network

JPO examination results are di t ib t d i th I t t

JPO

distributed via the Internet

J-E machine

Intellectual Property Patent application

J E machine translation

Offices Overseas

Overseas application

Patent application with JPO

Applicant

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Overseas application of same patent

Registered IP Offices•The AIPN started on 12 October 2004, now it is used in 50 IPOs all over the world.

AustriaCzech

DenmarkEPO

Dossier Information

Dossier Information

B il

EPOEAPO

Finland France

Germany AIPN BrazilCanadaMexico

USAChil

AustraliaChinaIndia

GermanyGreece

HungaryKazakhstanNetherlands

MoroccoEgyptTurkey

AIPN Japan Patent

Office

ChileIndiaIndonesiaMalaysiaPakistan

Philippines

NetherlandsNorwayPoland

RomaniaRussia

MozambiqueNigeriaRwandaUganda

Dossier Information

PhilippinesRepublic of KoreaSri LankaThailand

RussiaSlovakia

SpainSweden

Switzerland

GambiaZambiaARIPO

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ThailandVietnamChinese Taipei

SwitzerlandUK

KyrgyzUkraine For registration: PA0868@jpo.go.jp

AIPN – Services of the AIPN

File Wrapper InformationOff h f Office Actions or other Dossier Information

Legal Status of the Application or Prosecution history

Cited Documents / Patent FamilyInformation

□ Machine Translation Dictionaries■ Dictionary for IP terms： over 200,000 words■ Dictionary for IP terms： over 200,000 words■ User Dictionary： 75,000 words

5 000 words will be added every year

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5,000 words will be added every year

Access from Various Numbers

F t J li ti th AIPNFor access to a Japanese application, the AIPN accepts various numbers like the following:

(1) Japanese Publication Number

(2) Japanese Application Number

(3) PCT Application Number*

(4) Priority Number*(4) Priority Number*

*available if the Japanese patent family exists

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available if the Japanese patent family exists.

Information by using Machine Translation

The AIPN provides detailed information ofThe AIPN provides detailed information of applications which were published by JPO.

(1) Patent Family Data

L l St t Cit d D t(2) Legal Status, Cited Documents

(3) Full Text of Publications(3) Full Text of Publications

(4) Application Data and Transaction history(4) Application Data and Transaction history

(5) File Wrapper (Dossier) Information

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File Wrapper Information

File Wrapper Information means the same as D i I f ti d i l d d tDossier Information, and includes documents like the following:

(1) Filing Documents

(2) Office Actions (e.g. Notification of Reasons for Refusal)

(3) Search Reports by Search Organizations

W itt A d t / A t(4) Written Amendments / Arguments

(5) Examiner’s notes10

(5) Examiner s notes

AIPN – How to use the AIPN

Just Accesshttp://aipn.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/ News

Top Page

Number Search

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Search from Document No.

Search from JP No.Search from JP No.・Application No.・Priority No.・Publication No.Patent No

・Application No.・Priority No.・Publication No.Patent No・Patent No.・Patent No.

Search from No ofSearch from No ofSearch from No. of Foreign Document・Application No.・Priority No.

Search from No. of Foreign Document・Application No.・Priority No.

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Search from Document No.

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Choose the Type of Document

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Enter the Document Number

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Retrieve File Wrapper Information

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Result – Document List

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Switching the Document Listg

Switch Switch the Languagethe Language

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Retrieve Respective Document

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Contents of Notification of Reasons for Refusal← Reasons for refusal

← Detail of the reasons

Li t f it d d t← List of cited documents

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Retrieve Patent Family Information

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Patent Family & Legal Status Window

P t t F il Li tP t t F il Li tPatent Family ListPatent Family List

Legal Status & Cited Document

Legal Status & Cited Document& Cited Document& Cited Document

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Patent Family List

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Patent Abstract of Japan (PAJ)

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Document Screening

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Select the Drawing

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Japanese Document in PDF

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Link to Japanese Gazette PDF

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Link to Japanese Gazette PDF

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Link to Patent Family Gazette

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Patent Family Gazette

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Legal Status & Cited Documents

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Link to File Wrapper Information

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Result – Document List

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Cited Documents

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Cited Documents

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Link to English Abstract

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Patent Abstract of Japan (PAJ)

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Patent Family of Cited Documents

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Patent Family of Cited Documents

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Summaryy

What is the AIPN? What is the AIPN?-- Web based service for Foreign IPOWeb based service for Foreign IPO’’s Examiners s Examiners

Utilizing Examination Results by JPOUtilizing Examination Results by JPOUtilizing Examination Results by JPO.Utilizing Examination Results by JPO.

Services of the AIPN-- Dossier Information and Legal Status in English by Dossier Information and Legal Status in English by g g yg g y

Machine Translation.Machine Translation.

How to use the AIPN-- Just Access: Just Access: http://aipn.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/http://aipn.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/

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Just Access: Just Access: http://aipn.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/http://aipn.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/

Retrieving and Utilizing External Results: External Results: Korean Patent Information Online Network

(K PION)(K-PION)

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K-PION – Services of the K-PION

KOREAN t ENGLISH t l ti i f fil KOREAN to ENGLISH translation service of file wrapper information and publications for Patents/Utility Models applications/ y pp

served by case numbers (Application Number, U i d P bli ti N b E i d Unexamined Publication Number, Examined Publication Number, Registration Number)

key-word search service for KPA (Korean Patent Abstract) in English. You can retrieve not only a KPA by English key word but also related official KPA by English key-word but also related official Gazettes, File wrapper information

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How to use the K-PION URL: http://kposd.kipo.go.kr:8088/up/kpion/

Choose

・File Wrapper Search ・Full Text SearchFull Text Search・Korea Patent Abstract Search

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File Wrapper Information Searchpp URL: http://kposd.kipo.go.kr:8088/up/kpion/

Ch th t f d tChoose the type of document

Enter the document number

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Result - Bibliography Data

Detailed bibliographic information

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Result - Transaction History

Download some File W I f i iWrapper Information in Korea and English in

PDF document

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Retrieve the document

You can save the documentthe document

by downloadingin PDF

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Result - Publication Document

Download some Publication document in

Korea and English in PDF

Refer to some Publication document in Korea and

English in XML document

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Refer to the Publication in XML document

Choose・Bibliography・Abstract

Download the PDF document

Abstract・Description・Claim

PDF document

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Download the PDF Document

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Retrieve the document

You can save the documentthe document

by downloadingin PDF

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Full Text Search

Search from many types of No.

・Application No.

Search from many types of No.

・Application No.Application No.・Priority No.・Publication No.・Patent No.R i t ti NO

Application No.・Priority No.・Publication No.・Patent No.R i t ti NO・Registration NO.

and so on・Registration NO.

and so on

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Refer to/Download the Full Text

Refer to the Full Text in XML

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Download the Publication document (Unexamined or Examined/Registered) in PDF

Korean Patent Abstract Search

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Refer to/Download the Full Text

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Retrieve the document

You can save the document

by downloadingby downloadingin PDF

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Search results of other offices: P t t P ti Hi hPatent Prosecution Highway

（PPH）（PPH）

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What is PPH PPH is a scheme which enables an application with claims determined to be patentable in the First Office to pundergo an accelerated examination in the Second Office with a simple procedure upon request for PPH by an applicant.

Examination

AllowedFirst Office

Application ExaminationApplication

Request Correspondingli tiS d

Accelerated Examinatio

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for PPH applicationSecond Office

Examination

Points of PPH

All claims in the OSF application sufficiently pp ycorrespond to the claims already determined to be patentable in the OFF.p

Applicants submit

1. A table listing and containing an explanation of the sufficiently corresponding claimsy g

2. A copy of the claims already determined to be patentable in the OFFp

3. Copies of all office actions of the OFF

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4. Copies of references cited by the OFF examiner

Framework of PPH

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Exploitation of examination history of other offices

In addition to the merit brought by exploiting search and examination result of other office under PPH scheme

all claims in the second office application have already

examination result of other office, under PPH scheme,

overcome the reasons for refusal found by an examiner of the first office.

An examiner of the second office 1. don’t need to draft a duplicated reasons for refusal

f th fi t ffi ’of the first office’s one.

2. can concentrate on search and examination for the

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claims determined to be patentable in the first office.

Effect of PPH

PPH enhances the utilization of search and

i i l b IP Offi i h ldexamination results between IP Offices in the world

so as to reduce the burden of examinationso as to reduce the burden of examination

and

to enhance the quality of examination worldwide.

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Expansion of PPH Network

JPO USPTO As of 1st of November 2011

p 23 countries and regions join in PPH

JPO (Japan)

UKIPO(UK)

KIPO(Korea)

USPTO(USA)

CIPO TIPO

(Taiwan)

NIPO(Norway)

SIPO(China)

As of 1st of November, 2011

DPMA(Germany)

(Canada)

NPI(Nordic)

( )

IP Australia

ILPO(Israel)

IP Australia（Australia）

DKPTO (Denmark)

INPI(Portugal)

PRV(Sweden)

EPO(Europe)

(Denmark)

SPTOIPOS

(Singapore)

IMPI(Mexico)

(Portugal)

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ROSPATENT(Russia)

HIPO(Hungary) APO

(Austria)

(Spain)( g p )

NBPR(Finland) ： PPH

： PCT-PPH： PPH MOTTAINAI

Th k !Th k !Thank you!Thank you!

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