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Where URLs are requested below, it is preferred that either URLs which a= re likely to remain stable over time (three years or more) are provided, or= home (main) page URLs are provided with a short explanation of how to acce= ss the corresponding information.
The expression "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models= . Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent info= rmation activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.
The number of applications in 2006 was 36,724 (down 6.4% from the previo= us year). The number of registrations was 29,689 (down 9.0% from the previo= us year).
The total number of applications is down about 6.4% from the previous ye= ar. Among them, the number of applications in Group H of the Japanese Desig= n Classification (Electric and Electronic Machinery and Instruments, Commun= ication Machinery and Instruments) has decreased. The number of application= s for the partial design had been generally in the increasing tend since th= e commencement of reception of the application in 1999, and in 2006, it acc= ounted for about 24% of the total number of applications, while the number = of applications of related design had shown decreasing trend since 2005, an= d it reached 17% of the total number of applications in 2006.
http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou_e/toushin_e/kenkyukai_e/pdf/annual_report20= 06/part5.pdf
The JPO published the following design documents in 2006:
Publication of Registered Design=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=
=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=8031,037 issues
Decision on Appeal/Trial Gazette=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=
=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80 =E3=80=80 652 issues
The JPO has started to receive online design applications (electronic ap=
plications) since January 2000. The JPO electronically edits the collected =
data acquired from electronic applications or electronic conversion of pape=
r-based applications and creates Design Gazettes.
a)=E3=80=80Design Gazette
Starting from January 2000, the JPO has issued the Publication of Register=
ed Design in the form of a CD-ROM.
A single volume of Design Gazette contains about 700 issues and it was pub=
lished 50 times in 2006.
Design Gazette enables search using 13 keys as search keys, including regi=
stration number, goods related to the design, Japanese Design Classificatio=
n and D-term. The Design Gazette contains mixed-mode type data, composed of=
text data and image data, thus text search using text data is available. <=
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The JPO has been providing, free of charge, viewer software to use the Des=
ign Gazette. The software is also operable on Windows English version so th=
at it can be used in overseas Patent Offices.
Refer to the third section of paragraph.
The following are the URLs of web pages providing design information. Ho=
wever, information is not provided in bulk format.
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/Isyou/isyou.htm (web page providing design inf=
ormation in IPDL's website)
http://www.publication.jpo.go.jp/utility/do/usr/topmenu?lang=3Dj (JPO's we=
bsite for issuing Design Gazettes through the Internet)
In January 2005, the JPO started using the revised Japanese Design Class=
ification in order to cope with the new conception of articles and the like=
observed in the category of information and communication devices. The rev=
ised Japanese Design Classification mainly uses the concept of the usage in=
the same way as the conventional Japanese Design Classification, with comp=
osition of 3-stage classification; group, main class, and minor class, comp=
rising of about 3,200 classification limbs in total.
In addition, JPO provides about 1,800 limbs of D-term, which are mechanica=
l search keys for further subdividing the Japanese Design Classification ma=
inly based on forms of articles.
In 2006, the JPO assigned 36,724 filed applications and about 220,000 case=
s of publicly known documentary materials such as magazines, catalogues, In=
ternet, etc. to be used as reference materials for design examinations to a=
Japanese design classification.
As bibliographic data for searches, application number, filing date, reg=
istration number, registration date, article, Japanese design classificatio=
n, D-term (classification symbols for retrieving purposes made by further s=
ubdividing Japanese Design Classification) and others are used in reference=
documents related to applications. Disclosure date, acceptance date, publi=
shing date, article, design class, D-term and others are used in reference =
documents related to disclosure.
These data are stored on hard disk document by document for use as search =
references.
The JPO has stored in search files the following: reference documents re=
lated to applications; designs presented in magazines published in Japan an=
d abroad, in catalogs, on home pages on the internet and elsewhere; image d=
ata (including color image data) gained by electronic processing foreign de=
sign gazettes; and bibliographic data (including Japanese design classifica=
tion and D-term). These are used as base data for the JPO=E2=80=99s design =
examination.
On January 1, 2000, the JPO started receiving design registration applicat=
ions on-line. Accordingly, information on designs whose registration was ap=
plied for is automatically put into search files. The image data and biblio=
graphic data in approximately 2,230,000 reference documents related to appl=
ications and approximately 3,720,000 reference documents related to publicl=
y-known designs had been stored in search files by the year 2006.
The image and bibliographic data on 36,724 applications and about 220,00= 0 publicly known design reference document were added.
Hard disk
Foreign Design gazettes.
a) Design Search System
This is a client server-type online system for retrieving application docu=
mentary materials and publicly known documentary materials (including forei=
gn design gazettes) by using the Japanese Design Classification and D-terms=
(search keys that subdivide the Japanese Design Classification), names of =
article pertaining to a design, applicant identifying numbers, etc. as sear=
ch keys. The image data of the document retrieved is sent from the image fi=
le server and displayed (color image data is displayed in color) on the scr=
een of a terminal, for enabling high-speed screening. In order to support e=
fficient document search, provided is a function to display the design clas=
sification, applicant identifying number, etc. by which there is higher pos=
sibility to find relevant documents as search information, based on the pas=
t examination results.
In March 2007, search functions will be strengthened and reference functio=
ns will be improved along with the renewal of the search server. In additio=
n, the screen design was made more convenient through a thorough review of =
the user interface.
b) Appeal and trial decision search system (J-term search system)
Gazettes and other documents on appeal and trial decisions are converted i=
nto electronic form and search keys, called J-term, are assigned to them; t=
hereby enabling search and browsing by using J-term. A full-text search is =
available for appeal and trial decisions issued after January 2000.
In January 2000, the design paperless system was started and the adminis=
trative and examination procedures were completely moved to the system base=
d on electronic data. Therefore, a total system, covering from design appli=
cation filing, formality check and substantive examination, dispatching, re=
gistration, publishing the gazette, requesting inspection of files, to requ=
esting certification, was completed. The effect of this system is far reach=
ing, such as more efficient drafting based on the close link between the ad=
ministrative system and the design search system, more efficient examinatio=
n by implementation of electronic approval, faster design gazette publicati=
on and separate management of each application.
Based on the realization of the above system, the JPO started to receive e=
lectronic applications of designs. The high percentage of on-line applicati=
ons has been kept since the introduction of the on-line application system,=
and the ratio of on-line applications of designs is currently as high as 9=
1% (on average in 2006). As the JPO's system is a comprehensive system, the=
data processing and search system of designs are merely a part of all the =
JPO's system. Therefore the whole system should be referred to the "Annual =
Technical Report on Patent Information Activities".
Please refer to the "Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activ= ities".
The Intellectual Property Related Materials Reading Room is provided on =
the first basement of the JPO office building, and is operated in the follo=
wing manner. And it is a branch library of the National Diet Library.
(1) The user
- JPO workers and those who obtained permission from the Director of the P=
atent Information Division (inclusive of public users).
- Personnel of the National Diet Library and personnel of the branch libra=
ries of each ministries and government offices.
(2) Open
- 9:30 to 18:00
Books are added with the storage number and classification and put on sh= elves, while bibliographic information is inputted in the library system to= construct a database for a collection of books.
a) Providing industrial property rights information via the Internet
The JPO has been providing the Industrial Property Digital Library service=
since March 1999. This service is accessible through the Internet and cove=
rs 61 million items of industrial property information by using document nu=
mber and/or classification as search keys. This service was transferred in =
October 2004 to the National Center for Industrial Property Information and=
Training (INPIT), and has been operated thereby.
Main services relating to design information that the JPO provides are as =
follows:
1) Design Gazette database search
Design Gazette published in and after 1889 can be searched by using docume=
nt number.
The English service has also been provided since March 2004.
2) Use of assigned number when searching for design documents
The various kinds of Design Gazettes published since 1964 can be searched =
by using an assigned number and so forth.
3) Japanese Design Classification and D-term
Searching for flash report on registration of the establishment of design =
rights and Design Gazette documents by using Japanese Design Classification=
and D-term is available. Services of narrowing down by use of the registra=
tion number have been provided since March 2004. The search based on the Ja=
panese Design Classification (put into force on January 1, 2005) has been a=
vailable since January 2005. Similar or related design searches have been a=
vailable since March 2006. Searches based on the Japanese Design Classifica=
tion (put into force on April 1, 2007) will be available from October 2007.=
4) Searching of Design Gazettes by text search
The Design Gazette and the gazette of applications of design whose registr=
ation was disagreed on consultation, after 2000, can be referred to by free=
-word search and document number. Searches based on the Japanese Design Cla=
ssification (put into force on January 1, 2005) have been available since J=
anuary 2005. Searches based on the Japanese Design Classification (put into=
force on April 1, 2007) will be available from October 2007.
5) Classification lists
The Japanese Design Classification, the Locarno-Japan Design Classificatio=
n Cross-Reference Table, and D-term list can be referenced to. Starting fro=
m January 2005, the new Japanese Design Classification and D-term list has =
been provided. The Locarno and New Japan Design Classification Cross-Refere=
nce Table and the Korean and New Japan Design Classification Cross-Referenc=
e Table have been provided from September 2005. The U.S. Design Classificat=
ion and Japanese Design Classification Cross-Reference Table has been provi=
ded since December 2006. In addition, information on "screen designs" that =
corresponds with the Japanese Design Classification (put into force on Apri=
l 1, 2007) will be added to the "(current) Japanese Design Classification/D=
terms" in October 2007.
6) Publicly Known Design Materials database search
It has become possible since March 2006 to refer to bibliographic particul=
ars of publicly known design materials and foreign design gazettes by using=
publicly known materials numbers and others. Image data of publicly known =
design materials that are permitted for public disclosure has been provided=
.
Further, the published appeal and trial decisions in 1940, and after, and =
as related information, the information on appeal and trial decisions, the =
legal status on applications, registrations and decisions can be referenced=
.
b) Providing JPO data
In March 1999, the JPO began providing the JPO=E2=80=99s bibliographical a=
nd progress information to outside users by organizing and converting it in=
the standard format for better usability for the users. Further, the servi=
ce was transferred to the National Center for Industrial Property Informati=
on and Training (INPIT) in October 2004, and the service has been provided =
at a pace of twice a month to the outside users. Bibliographic data of publ=
icly known design materials and foreign design gazettes has been provided s=
ince April 2005.
c) Reference to design gazettes, etc
INPIT installed about 145 sets of devices for reference, in the gazette ac=
cess room on the second floor of the JPO building, to allow the public acce=
ss to, free of charge, the "IPDL Services,""CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Gazette," and th=
e like.
Reading devices for this purpose are provided at eight other places in Jap=
an (Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, Fukuoka and Naha)=
where similar reference services and so forth are provided.
A total of approximately 53,000 persons used the services at the above fac=
ilities in 2006.
d) Reference to examination and trial documents
INPIT is collecting various technical documents (books, etc.), which are u=
sed in the examinations and trials by the JPO, widely from inside and outsi=
de of Japan and made available to the public.
e) Intellectual Property Center
59 Intellectual Property Centers throughout the nation have widely impleme=
nted support operations for users including regional companies and applican=
ts etc. They have given advice to the users, provided them guidance in retr=
ieval methods of IP information(design information), etc. according to thei=
r purposes, regularly conducted workshops and prepared booklets relating to=
retrieval methods of IP information etc.
http://www.jpo.go.jp/tetuzuki_e/t_gaiyo_e/de_right.htm
Same as II. 5. above.
The following are the URLs of web pages providing design information. Howe=
ver, information is not provided in bulk format.
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/Isyou/isyou.htm (web page providing design inf=
ormation in IPDL's website)
http://www.publication.jpo.go.jp/utility/do/usr/topmenu?lang=3Dj (JPO's we=
bsite for issuing Design Gazettes through the Internet)
The JPO mutually exchanges official gazettes, etc. with 87 organizations=
(including international organizations) in 74 nations, out of which it sen=
ds the CD-ROM Design Gazette to 25 organizations.
As part of the exchange of data between two countries, the JPO has sent to=
China and the Republic of Korea Design Gazette image data and analyzed D-t=
erm data prior to the first publishing of gazettes on CD-ROM, recorded on a=
n electronic medium (DVD-R or the like).
Since January 2000, design gazettes on CD-ROM have been sent.
a) Briefing sessions
(=EF=BC=91)Workshop on IPDL
Workshops for patent search using the Industrial Property Digital Library =
(IPDL) were held for individuals and medium and small sized companies on ho=
lidays.
July 2006=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=
=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80Tokyo
September 2006=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=
=80Tokyo
November 2006=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=
=80Osaka
December 2006=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=
=80 Tokyo
=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=
=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80 =E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80 N=
agoya
February 2007=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=
=80=E3=80=80Sendai
=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=
=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80 =E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80 F=
ukuoka
The above services have been provided at the National Center for Industria=
l Property Information and Training (INPIT), an Independent Administrative =
Institution since October 2004.
b) Patent Information Advisor
In order to realize effective use of IP information in medium and small-si=
zed enterprises and universities/research institutions, INPIT dispatches Pa=
tent Information Advisors to each prefecture to give advices on how to sear=
ch and use IP information and to hold workshops, thus responding to various=
demands regarding the use of the IP information.
See previous/next items
a) Activities and assistance through WIPO Funds-in-Trust/Japan
=E2=91=A0 Holding of workshops
The JPO supported the workshop on =E2=80=9CAutomation of Intellectual Prop=
erty Offices and the Development of Intellectual Property Databases=E2=80=
=9D held by WIPO in Indonesia in July 2006. The JPO will also support to ho=
ld a workshop on the theme of the =E2=80=9CThe Role of Automation Process i=
n Effective Management of Intellectual Property Offices and Their Services=
=E2=80=9D in Vietnam in March 2007 to conduct exchanges of opinions on effo=
rts to address computerization-related problems and successful examples of =
computerization.
=E2=91=A1Training for government officials
In cooperation with WIPO, the JPO held the training course on the Use of I=
nformation Technology.
b) Assistance to developing countries using other institutions
=E2=91=A0 Modernization of Intellectual Property Administration
From May 1999 to May 2003, the =E2=80=9CModernization of Industrial Proper=
ty Administration Project=E2=80=9D at the Intellectual Property Office of t=
he Philippines (IP-Phil) to establish patent administration system was carr=
ied out by JICA. The JPO dispatched long-term experts for technology transf=
er and human resource development. The follow-up cooperation project has be=
en carrying out from November 2004. The project will be completed in March =
2007.
From April 2000 to June 2004, the "Modernization of Industrial Property Ad=
ministration Project in Viet Nam", at the National Office of Intellectual P=
roperty of Viet Nam (NOIP) was carried out by JICA. This project was aimed =
at developing human resources through the automation of administrative work=
in the NOIP. Since January 2005, the project for establishment of IPDL sys=
tem and e-fling system has been carrying out. The JPO has dispatched long-t=
erm experts and has supported the project.
In Malaysia, under a JICA development study scheme, the JPO supported to e=
stablish a industrial design administration system of the Intellectual Prop=
erty Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) from July 2002 to February 2005.
In Indonesia, under a JICA development study scheme, the JPO has been supp=
orting the establishment of Intellectual Property Digital Library (IPDL) sy=
stem at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (DGIPR) fro=
m June 2005. This project will be completed in March 2007
=E2=91=A1Training for government officials
The JPO invited 3 counterparts to the JICA experts, who have been dispatch=
ed from the JPO to Vietnam and Indonesia on a long-term basis, respectively=
from Vietnam and Indonesia to provide them with lectures/on-site training =
on computer-related technology and other technological fields.
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/DACT.pdf
http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/linke.cgi?url=3D/shiryou_e/toushin_e/kenkyukai_= e/annual_report2006.htm
http://www.jpo.go.jp/index.htm
a) A Cross-reference table between International Classification for Indu=
strial Designs (Locarno Classification) and Japanese Design Classification =
(concordance data)
In order for effective use of the Japanese Design Gazette as examination r=
eference documents in foreign countries, the JPO established the cross-refe=
rence table between International Classification for Industrial Designs and=
Japanese Design Classification (concordance data). As reference informatio=
n, the JPO lists International Classification in the gazette in addition to=
Japanese Design Classification.
b) English translation of the Japanese Design Classification
The JPO has prepared an English version of the revised Japanese Design Cla=
ssification in 2005, which has been posted on the JPO website since October=
2006.
c) Information on reference design documents
The JPO provides in Design Gazettes information on reference designs which=
were referred to by the examiner in the examination process of each regist=
ered design.