Transcript Mitsuru Inoue - Discount Program and Information Platform

- Discount Programs for SME, venture
companies and individual business owners
- New Platform for Patent Information
Mitsuru Inoue
JPAA International Activities Center
Discount Programs
Discount Programs which are discussed in this
presentation are applicable to:
- Examination fee (for patent applications)
and
- 1st-10th annuities (for patents)
Calculation formulas without discount:
- Examination fee (for non-PCT)
= 118,000 (yen) + N x 4,000 (yen)
-Total of 1st -10th annuities
= 154,000 (yen) + N x 12,000 (yen)
(N: the number of claims)
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Discount Programs
Calculated fees in example cases without discount
10 claims 50 claims
(Yen)
(Yen)
Examination fee
158,000
318,000
1st -10th annuities
274,000
754,000
Total cost
432,000
1,072,000
Examination fee and 1st-10th annuities are reduced to
1/3 or 1/2 of the above depending on the applicable
Program.
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Discount Programs
JPO is providing:
Program 1. for SME, Ventures Companies and Individuals
-1A. for small sized Individual businesses
-1B. for young Individual businesses
-1C. for small-sized Enterprises
-1D. ｆor young and medium-sized Enterprises
Program 2. for young individual businesses
Program 3. for young and medium-sized Enterprises
Program 4. for R&D type SME
Program 5. Academic Discount
... etc.
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Discount Programs
Terms and Reduction Rate of the Programs
Program
1A
1B
1C
1D
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3
4
5
Effective Term
Reduction
Rate
Request for Examination should be
filed in
April, 2014 - March, 2018
2/3
(No end is set)
1/2
Discount Programs
Conditions for Programs 1A-1D
Program
1A
1B
1C
1D
Applicant
Employees
Individuals 20 or less *1)
Individuals
Companies 20 or less *1)
Companies
-
Capital
Extra(Yen)
Condition
upto 10
ND*2)
upto 10 300M or less
ND*2)
Years
*1) 5 or less for applicants in service industries.
*2) ND: Non-Domination requirement
- no more than 1/2 of the shares is owned by another Juristic Person; and
- no more than 2/3 of the shares is owned by other Juristic Persons
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Discount Programs
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Discount Programs
Conditions for Programs 2-4
Program
Applicant
Employees
2
Individuals
3
Companies
4
Individuals
300 or less*3)
Companies
Years
upto 10
-
Capital
(Yen)
-
upto 10 300M or less
-
ExtraCondition
ND*2)
300M or less*4) Expense Rate*5)
Conditions for Programs 2 and 3 are the same as in Programs 1B and 1D.
*2) ND: Non-Domination
*3,4): for manufacturing companies (other numbers are applied for other
industries)
*5) Expense Rate: R&D expense must exceed 3% of the total income
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Information Platform
- INPIT is providing an on-line search service for JP patent,
utility model, design and trademark information.
- The current service “IPDL” will be replaced by the new
service “J-PlatPat” with some changes on March 23, 2015.
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Information Platform
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Information Platform
PAJ page (Current)
A combined field is used for searching:
- Applicant
- Title of the invention
- Abstract
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Information Platform
PAJ page (New)
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Information Platform
Patent Map Guidance (New)
Keyword search for FI/F-term/IPC is possible.
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Appendix
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Discount Programs
Details of Discounts under Program 1-4
(Basic + Claims)
Program 1A-1D
1/3 of Regular Fees
(Total as Rounded)
Programs 2-4
1/2 of Regular Fees
(Total)
for Non-PCT
118,000 + 40,000 yen
52,660 yen
79,000 yen
for PCT national phase: ISA
is other than JPO
106,000 + 36,000 yen
47,330 yen
71,000 yen
1-3rd year, annually
11,400 + 10,000 yen
7,130 yen
10,700 yen
4-6th year, annually
17,900 + 14,000 yen
10,630 yen
15,950 yen
7-9th year, annually
35,800 + 28,000 yen
21,260 yen
31,900 yen
10th year
71,6000 + 56,000 yen
42,530 yen
63,800 yen
For 10 claims
(1 US Dollar = 107 yen)
Regular Fees
Request for Examination
Annual Fee / Registration Fee
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Discount Programs
Other Discount Programs
Program 5: Academic Discount
- 1/2 of Regular “Examination Fee” and “1-3rd Registration
Fees”
- Applicable to Universities and Researchers of Universities
- The term “University” is defined in “School Education Act.”
Program 6: “Act for Promotion of Japan as an Asian Business
Center”
- 1/2 of Regular “Examination Fee” and “1-10th Registration
and Annual Fees”
- For R&D type Small-sized Enterprises as defined by the Act
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Information Platform
Why “J-PlatPat”?
In order to meet the increasingly sophisticated and diversified
needs, the Japan Platform for Patent Information (J-PlatPat),
which is a new service to provide patent information, will be
provided from March 23, 2015.
Any New Services?
- Non-traditional trademark
- Collaboration with Non-patent literature Database “J-Global”
(maybe, only in Japanese)
- [Future Plans] References to patent family information, and
cooperation in services with other foreign IP Offices
(Source: JPO Website)
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Information Platform
Any good references for Japanese Patent information?
“Asian patent information” by EPO
http://www.epo.org/searching/asian/japan.html
Searching in databases - Japan
http://www.epo.org/searching/asian/japan/search.html
Tips & tricks for searching in databases
- Number search and document retrieval
- English machine translation
- Legal status information
- FI/F-Terms
- Searching designs
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THANK YOU
Mitsuru Inoue
INOUE Patent Office
[email protected]