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Countries IP system
Japanese patent and trademark system
Invention patent
- Patent term:
20 years starting from filing date - Document required:
Specification and drawings - Maintenance fee:
First 3 years payment are made on register date, from the 4th year payment are made annually
- Patent prosecution:
- Investigation examination procedure
- Patent publications will take place 18 months after the filing date (priority date)
- Formal examinations should take place within 3years from filling date (priority date)
Utility model patent
- Patent term:
6 years starting from filing date - Document required:
Specification, drawings and power of attorney - Patent prosecution:
Register procedure - Maintenance fee:
First 3 years payment are made on register date, from the 4th year payment are made annually - Related term:
Utility enforcement rights required technical evaluation report
Design patent
- Patent term: 15 years starting from register date
- Document required: Specification, drawings and power of attorney
- Maintenance fee: First years payment are made on register date, from the second year payment are made annually
Trademark
- Trademark term:
10 years from register date, renewal for every 5 or 10 years term - Trademark type:
Trademarks and service marks, protective mark and collective mark - Document required:
Words/logo, merchandise detail (no power of attorney required) - Usage term:
Trademark has not been use for 3 consecutive years will be revoke. - Renewal term:
Renewal 6 month before expires date.