International Patent Application (PCT) Entry into Japan » PCT http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com Time limit, Amendment, Form, Translation, Attorney Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 ja hourly 1 Claim fee in entering Japanese phase from PCT international application http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com/pct-japanese-national-phase-q-and-a/claim-fee-in-entering-japanese-phase-from-pct-international-application/ http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com/pct-japanese-national-phase-q-and-a/claim-fee-in-entering-japanese-phase-from-pct-international-application/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:26:55 +0000 admin http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com/?p=46 Q) Are there any claim fees when filing a Japanese national phase application in Japan ?

A) No.
(1) In filing a national phase patent application in Japan, the official fee is flat (i.e. 15, 000 yen).

However,
(2) In later stages, examination fee and registration fee depend on the number of claims.

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When is the application number notified ?

A) No.

The Japanese patent application number has the format of “2008-0000000″, more precisely “tokugan 2008-0000000″.

The application number is notified 3 to 5 month after the national phase patent application in Japan (national phase entry into Japan).

cf. In case of a non-PCT patent application, the patent number is given immediately after filing patent application.

]]> http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com/pct-japanese-national-phase-q-and-a/patent-application-number-in-japan/feed/ 0 Furnishing Japanese translation of the international patent application http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com/pct-japanese-national-phase-q-and-a/japanese-translation-international-patent-application/ http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com/pct-japanese-national-phase-q-and-a/japanese-translation-international-patent-application/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:47:16 +0000 admin http://pct-enter-japan.kuriharahiroyuki.com/pct-japanese-national-phase-q-and-a/furnishing-japanese-translation-of-the-international-patent-application/ Q) Furnishing Japanese translation of the international patent application:

A) For maintaining the pendency of the Japanese patent applications resulting from PCT applications, Japanese translations of the following documents are required.

(1) The description,

(2) The claims,

(3) The drawings (limited to any text matter of the drawings), and

(4) The abstract.

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