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The following policies are mentioned in the report with the said fundamental concept.
(i) Improving accessibility to foreign patent documents by using machine translation to Japanese.
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(v) External provision of substantive examinations/ appeal examinations related information regarding Design and Trademark.
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies(plans) mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
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(Annual Report in Japanese) http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toukei/gyosenenji/index.html
(Status Report in Japanese and English)http://www.jpo.go.jp/english/reference_room/statusreport/index.html
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1. Paper based application
The INPIT provides the free consultation service on the procedures for industrial property rights at the Consultation Department on the second floor of the JPO office building.
Moreover, the portal site for consultation and support on intellectual property is available on a 24-hour basis at http://faq.inpit.go.jp/.
2. Electronic application
The e-filing software allows users to conduct administrative procedures such as the filing of applications for patents, utility models, industrial designs and trademarks, and PCT-RO international application, appealing for trials and payment of the annual fees, and receipt of documents dispatched from the JPO, on-line. The software may be downloaded for free at: http://www.jpo.go.jp/tetuzuki/pcinfo/outline/index.html
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Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
a. Providing patent information via the Internet
a-1) Providing official gazettes via the Internet
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In August 2015, the JPO launched the FOPISER a search service to promptly provide the general users with patent information obtained from foreign IP Offices through data exchange with foreign IP Offices. Design documents of Russia and Taiwan, which are not available on the J-PlatPat, are available for retrieval of document numbers using a Japanese user interface.
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b. Providing JPO data
The following types of data is currently provided to commercial providers in Japan by bulk download service on the J-PlatPat.
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Office's library (if deals with industrial design information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
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Operation of the JPO Library, collection and management of materials
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The JPO Library, as a branch library of the National Diet Library, is located on the first basement of the JPO office building, and is operated in the following manner:
Users - JPO staff and general users
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Open - 9:30 to 18:00
a-2) Collection of materials
The followings are collected: Materials concerning IP right legislation and the peripheral laws inside and outside of Japan, related materials necessary for understanding IP rights, related materials necessary for study of IP rights, and reference materials for general administration.
a-3) Preservation method of materials
The books are labeled and stored with a storage number and classification data, and the bibliographic information is inputted in the library system constructing a database for the books.
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URL http://www.pcinfo.jpo.go.jp/site/
See 3. (4)for information products available to external users.
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Education and training: training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
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1. J-PlatPat training seminars
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・Search Experts Training (Industrial Design)
This This seminar is intended for those who have sufficient knowledge in the Design Act while aiming at cultivating human resources capable of effectively protecting product designs by industrial design rights, and properly capturing scopes of rights after acquisition of rights by further improving the ability to conduct a design search and a prior design search (once a year).
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