“In the past, examiners in each field—for
example, a design examiner and a trademark examiner—conducted their examinations individually. In ‘collective examinations’,
a
cross-section of examiners in a variety of fields collaborate with each other.” Te office’s examination team consists of
four patent and design departments, and a trademark and customer relations department.
On his second aim—globalisation—Ito discusses the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH), which the JPO launched early last year. Te GPPH, which initially included 17 IP
offices, allows applicants to request accelerated patent
examination at any of the offices
involved, provided their claims have been previously granted by any of the other offices. It is an extension of the PPH programme,
which has the same principle but in which just two IP offices usually join forces. Under the first PPH, launched in 2006, the JPO teamed up with the USPTO. Since the launch of the GPPH, the addition
of Singapore and Austria has taken the number of participating countries to 19.
“JAPAN WILL CONTINUE
“Japan will continue to promote the GPPH
in order to enhance the usability of the PPH framework for applicants around the world,” Ito says. Alongside the GPPH programme,
As Ito explains, both collaborations provide
opportunities for discussions on harmonisation and globalisation. He says the JPO has been “actively leading”
Japan
is a member of the IP5 group—a name given to the JPO, USPTO, EPO, Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)—and has also enhanced its relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has 10 members.
discussions on initiatives aimed at increasing harmonisation at international meetings, including at
the World Intellectual Property
Organization, IP5 meetings and trilateral meetings between Japan, China and South Korea. “Te speed of development in Asian countries
is remarkable,” Ito says, revealing that “in recent years” the total number of applications
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