Japanese Patents

Responding to a Japanese patent Office Action on a translated application: common grounds, deadlines, extensions, amendment limits, mistranslation correction.

Japanese patent annuity fees by year and claims, how due dates are counted, reductions for foreign SMEs, the 6-month late period (double fee) and restoration.

Using the PPH at the Japan Patent Office with CNIPA, USPTO, EPO or PCT results: requirements, documents, claim correspondence, PPH vs accelerated examination.

For overseas companies selling or importing products into Japan: how Japanese patent infringement is judged, the risks, how to check freedom to operate, and what to do after a warning letter or an Amazon Japan infringement notice.

Selling, manufacturing or licensing in Japan? A Japanese patent attorney explains why your home-country patent is not enough, what a Japanese patent lets you do, why structural patents are strong, and how to enter Japan via Paris or PCT.

A Japanese patent attorney explains how overseas companies obtain a patent in Japan: required documents, Paris and PCT routes, Japanese translation, examination request, Office Actions and official JPO fees.

A Japanese patent attorney explains PCT national phase entry into Japan for foreign applicants: the 30-month deadline, Japanese translation, examination request fees by search authority, and PPH.

Official JPO fees for a patent in Japan — filing, examination request and annuities by number of claims — plus the Paris and PCT routes, translation and fee reductions for foreign applicants, explained by a Japanese patent attorney.