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If you are unable to carry out procedures within the time limits designated in the notice or amendment order issued by the Commissioner, Chief Administrative Judge or the Examiner of the 88av 888, an extension of the specified time limit for response can be granted by filing a request.

Please refer to the following URL for the detailed procedures for filing the request.

Change of Operating Procedures regarding the Extension of the Specified Time Limit for Responding to a Notification of Reasons for Refusal concerning Patent Applications and Applications for Trademark Registration (starting from April 1, 2016)

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If you are unable to carry out certain procedures within the procedural periods specified by laws or regulations, you must carry out the procedures within the relief period.

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* Procedures for which relief measures are stipulated under the laws and regulations of Japan when prescribed procedures cannot be implemented within the time limits due to “Reasons beyond one’s Control”

Please submit the procedures within 14 days of the time it becomes possible (this is within two months for overseas residents; except 7, which is within one month for overseas residents).

Please note, however, that this is limited to within six months after the lapse of the prescribed period. (Regarding 6, this is within nine months after the lapse of the prescribed period; regarding 7, this is within two months after the lapse of the prescribed period; regarding 21 and 23, this is within seven months after the lapse of the prescribed period.)

1. Submission of documents proving the facts  in an application of exceptions to lack of novelty of invention (Article 30(4) of the Patent Act and Article 4 (4) of the Design Act)
2. Submission of a priority certificate - a certificate showing the grant of the right of priority - under the Paris Convention (Article 43 (8) of the Patent Act; Article 11 (1) of the Utility Model Act; Article 15 (1) of the Design Act; Article 60-10 (2) of the Design Act; and Article 13 (1) of the Trademark Act)
3. Division of patent applications (Article 44 (7) of the Patent Act; and Article 11 (11) of the Utility Model Act)
4. Conversion of an application of utility model registration or an application of design registration into a patent application (Article 46 (5) of the Patent Act
5. Patent applications based on utility model registration (Article 46-2 (3) of the Patent Act)
6. Request for registration of extension of duration of patent right (Article 67-2 (3) of the Patent Act before the revision, provisory clause of Article 3 of the Order for Enforcement of the Patent Act before the revision)
7. Submission of document under Article 67-2-2 (1) of the Patent Act prior to revision by this Act (Article 67-2-2 (4) of the Patent Act before the revision
8. Payment of patent fees (registration fees) (Article 108 (4) of the Patent Act; Article 32 (4) of the Utility Model Act; Article 43 (4) of the Design Act; and Article 41,  (4), Article 41-2 (4), and Article 65-8 (5) of the Trademark Act)
9. Request for refund of patent fees (registration fees) (Article 111 (3) of the Patent Act; Article 34 (3) of the Utility Model Act; Article 45 of the Design Act; and Article 42 (3) and Article 65-10 (3) of the Trademark Act)
10. Request for appeal against examiner's decision of refusal (Article 121 (2) of the Patent Act; Article 46 (2) of the Design Act; and Article 44 (2) of the Trademark Act)
11. Request for retrial (Article 173 (2) of the Patent Act; Article 45 (1) of the Utility Model Act; Article 58 (1) of the Design Act; and Article 61 of the Trademark Act
12. Request for refund of fees for request for examination of application or fees paid in excess (Article 195 (13) of the Patent Act; Article 54-2 (12) of the Utility Model Act; Article 67 (9) of the Design Act; and Article 76 (9) of the Trademark Act)
13. Correction of Description etc. of an application for utility model registration (Article 14-2 (6) of the Utility Model Act)
14. Withdrawal of demand for an invalidation trial of utility model registration (Article 39-2 (5) of the Utility Model Act)
15. Refund of fees concerning withdrawal of an application for intervention (Article 54-2 (6) of the Utility Model Act)
16. Request for trial against examiner's ruling dismissing amendment (Article 46 (2) of the Design Act applied mutatis mutandis to Article 47 (2) of the Design Act; and Article 44 (2) of the Trademark Act applied mutatis mutandis to Article 45 (2) of the Trademark Act)
17. Request for refund of individual designation fees for international application (hereinafter referred to as "international design registration application") regarded as a design registration application in Japan under Article 60-6 (1) of the Design Act (Article 60-22 (3) of the Design Act)
18. Submission of a certificate to receive special provisions concerning time of filing of a trademark application (Article 9 (4) of the Trademark Act
19. Application for trademark registration after revocation of international registration (Article 68-32 (6) of the Trademark Act)
20. Application for trademark registration after denunciation of Madrid Protocol (Article 68-32 (6) of the Trademark Act applied mutatis mutandis to Article 68-33 (2) of the Trademark Act
21. Submission of documents proving the fact when seeking an application for exceptions to lack of novelty of invention in an international patent application (Article 38-6-3 of Regulations under the Patent Act)
22. Submission of priority documents certifying a priority claim under the Paris Convention when filing an international patent application or a request under Article 184-20 (1) of the Patent Act (Article 38-14 (1) of Regulations under the Patent Act)
23. Submission of documents proving the fact when seeking an application for exceptions to lack of novelty of design in an international design registration application (Article 1-2 of Regulations under the Design Act)

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* Procedures for which relief measures are stipulated under the laws and regulations of Japan when prescribed procedures cannot be implemented within the time limits due to “Unintentional”

Please be sure to carry out procedure within two months of it becoming available.
However, it is valid for only within one year after the lapse of the prescribed period. (Regarding 7 to 9, this is within 6 months after the lapse of the prescribed period).

1. Submission of translation of foreign language application (Article 36-2 (6) of the Patent Act)
2. Request for examination of application (Article 48-3 (5) of the Patent Act)
3. Delayed payment of patent fees and patent surcharge (Article 112-2 (1) of the Patent Act; Article 33-2 (1) of the Utility Model Act; and Article 44-2 (1) of the Design Act)
4. Submission of Japanese translation of patent applications in foreign languages (Article 184-4 (4) of the Patent Act)
5. Appointment of patent administrator for international patent applications by overseas residents (Article 184-11 (6) of the Patent Act)
6. Submission of Japanese translation of utility model registration application in foreign languages (Article 48-4 (4) of the Utility Model Art)
7. Application for the registration of the renewal of the duration of a trademark right (Article 21 (1) of the Trademark Act)
8. Delayed payment of installment registration fee and surcharge (Article 41-3 (1) of the Trademark Act)
9. Application for the registration of the renewal of the duration of a right based on defensive mark registration (Article 65-3 (3) of the Trademark Act)

[3] Priority claim*

* Procedures for which relief measures are stipulated under the laws and regulations of Japan when prescribed procedures cannot be implemented within the time limits due to “Unintentional”

Please be sure to carry out procedures within two months from the expiration of the period you can file an application with a priority claim.

1. Priority claim based on patent applications (provision in the parentheses under Article 41 (1)(i) of the Patent Act and provision in the parentheses under Article 8 (1)(i) of the Utility Model Act)
2. Priority claim, as governed by the Paris Convention (Article 43-2 (1) of the Patent Act)
3. Claiming priority for an international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Article 28-3 (1) of Regulations under the Act on International Applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty)

[Last updated 1 December 2023]

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