Major Updates Of The Examination Guidelines For Patent And Utility Model

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The Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model were thoroughly updated on September 16, 2015.

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John C. Roebuck,Yuichiro Mori,Harukuni Ito

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The Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model were thoroughly updated on September 16, 2015. Among others, the guidelines stipulated in the "Interim Handling Procedures for Examinations and Appeals/Trials involving Product-by-process Claims," as described in the July 2015 issue, have been included in these updated Guidelines. These updated Guidelines are applied to examinations that take place on and after October 1, 2015.

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