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September 21, 2022
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS DIVISION

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88av173 88av1043 cc福利社入口 (hereinafter referred to as “US-JP CSP”) is joint efforts between the USPTO and the JPO in which the examiners of both Offices examine the patent applications filed with both Offices respectively to share search results along with their opinions and provide the initial examination results from both Offices early to the applicants during the same time period.

The benefits of using 88av173 88av1043 cc福利社入口 includes:

• Improving the predictability of the information on the timing of examinations and acquisition of patent rights for applicants due to the earlier and simultaneous dispatch of initial examination results from both Offices (Applicants are not required to pay additional fee at both Offices)
• Sharing of the examiners’ opinions enables to increase the possibility for applicants to receive the same examination results from both Offices and to decrease the burden for applicants to respond to FA provided by both Offices. As a result, applicants are more likely to acquire stronger and more stable patent rights.
• Reducing the burden for applicants to submit Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) to the USPTO for the documents presented by JPO examiners in the initial examination results (Cited Documents and Prior Art documents)
• If a group of technically-related applications were filed with the JPO, the examiners of the two Offices shall send the initial examination results to an applicant in the same time period, allowing the applicant to receive the examination results of those applications during the same time period.

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The JPO and the USPTO agreed to make joint efforts to enhance the quality of patent examination through collaboration between the JPO and the USPTO examiners, and commenced the 88av173 88av1043 cc福利社入口 according to the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed in Suzhou, China on May 21, 2015, from August 1, 2015. After the first phase of a two-year pilot program, the second phase of three-year pilot program commenced under a new operation scheme on November 1, 2017.

Originally, the program was scheduled to commence the third phase of the two-year pilot program on November 1, 2020, and end on October 31, 2022. However, as a result of the further discussion between the JPO and the USPTO, the two Offices agreed to extend the third phase of the two-year pilot program for another two years, continuing until October 31, 2024. There is no change in the operation scheme due to the extension.

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An application filed with the JPO　(hereinafter called “JP application”) can participate in the US-JP CSP if it meets the minimum requirements of filing a corresponding application with the USPTO (hereinafter called “US application”) and satisfying all the requirements mandated by the JPO. In addition, the corresponding US application will also need to satisfy the requirements mandated by the USPTO (External link). Furthermore, the JPO and the USPTO accept unpublished applications into the US-JP CSP.

＜Request Requirements＞

• (1) The application must contain three or fewer independent claims and twenty or fewer total claims.
• (2) Each independent claim in a JP application shall substantially correspond to each one of the independent claims in a corresponding US application. A decision as to whether independent claims of the two applications substantially correspond with each other or not will be made on a case-by-case basis, however, it shall be considered to be “substantially correspond with each other” if independent claims in the JP application are of the same scope as those in a corresponding US application.
• (3) A patent application is ready to be examined, and substantive examination has not begun on the patent application yet. In this regard, a copy of the claims in the corresponding US application must be submitted to the JPO if the application is unpublished at the time of filing of a request form for the US-JP CSP.
  With regard to an application being ready to be examined, if the application for which a request for the US-JP CSP has been filed is not ready to be examined, the JPO official will contact the applicant. Also, applicants can check the status of applications by either:
  • (i) making a request online to the JPO (paid services) or
  • (ii) accessing the J-PlatPat on the JPO website (available for published applications only).
  In addition, applicants can contact Examination Policy Planning Office, Administrative Affairs Division at 03-3581-1101 ext. 3103.
  “Substantive examination has not begun on your patent application yet” means that none of the notifications listed below issued either by the Commissioner or an examiner of the JPO has been received yet.
  • Notice of Reasons for Refusal (Article 50 of the Patent Act）
  • Certified Copy of the Examiner's Decision (Article 52 Section 2 of the Patent Act）
  • Notice of Failure to Disclose Prior Art in the Patent Description (Article 48 (7) of the Patent Act)
  • Order for Consultation in a case where two or more patent applications for the identical invention(s) were filed on the same date (Article 39 Section 6 of the Patent Act)
• (4) Earliest priority dates of independent claims in the application and those in the corresponding application shall be the same.
• (5) Both the JP and US applications shall have the earliest priority date and filing date after March 16, 2013.
• (6) A request for examination has already been submitted at the time of request for the US-JP CSP (The request for examination can be made at the same time the request for the US-JP CSP is submitted).
• (7) A request for US-JP CSP shall be filed for each patent application. However, a group of technically-related applications can be filed with the JPO. In that case, a group of applications shall consist of five or less applications.
• (8) Requests have not already been made for Collective Examination for IP portfolio supporting Business Strategy, Accelerated examination, or Super-Accelerated examination. However, in cases where such requests have been made, applications will still qualify for the US-JP CSP if a request of withdrawal for such is made.

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In order to participate in the US-JP CSP, an applicant is required to file a request form with the other IP Office within 15 days after he/she filed the request form with one of the two IP Offices. A request form for the US-JP CSP is available for download at the following link. The applicant is required to fill in all the necessary items on the form and mail it to the JPO at the e-mail address below, setting a password.

If the application is unpublished at the time of filing of the request form for the US-JP CSP, the US-JP CSP request form and a copy of the claims in the corresponding US application at the time of filing must be submitted to the JPO via e-mail with an encrypted password.

Make sure to password-protect the data to be e-mailed since these claims include unpublished data, and also to separately email the password to the JPO at the e-mail address below.

E-mail to: [email protected]
Examination Policy Planning Office, Administrative Affairs Division,
Patent and Design Examination Department, 88av 888

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The JPO will make a decision as to whether an application satisfies the requirements under the US-JP CSP or not and inform the USPTO of its decision. At a later date, the JPO will inform the applicant of the decision taking into account the decision made by the USPTO via e-mail.

The workflow process from receipt of a request form for the US-JP CSP to notification of eligibility to an applicant is described below.

[Fig. 1] From request for US-JP CSP to notification of eligibility to an applicant

It is free of charge to file a request for the US-JP CSP with IP Offices.

＜Things to be kept in mind before filing a US-JP CSP Request＞

• The number of applications which can be filed with (and accepted by) the two IP Offices is up to 400 per year. Once the maximum number of the applications is reached at the two IP Offices, the Offices will stop accepting requests.

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The workflow process under the US-JP CSP after the JPO notified an applicant of the acceptance for participation is shown as below;
The same workflow process applies to both cases of the JPO as the Office of First Search and the USPTO as the Office of First Search.

[Fig. 2] Workflow process under the US-JP CSP

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• As a general rule, the two IP Offices shall notify the applicant of the initial examination results within four months after granting a request for the US-JP CSP, however, in case where the USPTO is unable to send its draft to the JPO for some reasons in four months after granting a request for the US-JP CSP, an officer of Administrative Affairs Division of the JPO shall send a notice to the applicant to inform him/her that “Four months have already passed since the JPO granted your request for the US-JP CSP, however, we have not received the examination results from the USPTO as of today. Therefore, the JPO is sending the initial examination results to you based on the examination results provided by the JPO only.”
• In order to improve the US-JP CSP even further, the JPO intends to implement a customer satisfaction hearing survey after notifying an applicant of the initial examination results. Please kindly spare your time for hearing survey if we ask for your cooperation.

If you need more information about US-JP CSP, please refer to following page.

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[Last updated November 4, 2022]

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Examination Policy Planning Office Administrative Affairs Division Patent and Design Examination Department 88av 888 Tel: +81-3-3581-1101 (ext. 3103) E-mail :[email protected]