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Amendment to Japanese IP Law Creates New After Final Deadlines for Foreign Applicants

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Christopher P. Singer -- Last week, one of our Japanese associates, Kawaguti & Partners, published a newsletter outlining the impact on foreign applicants that amendments to the Japanese Patent Law will have on patent applications after final rejection. Under the current law, applicants receiving a final rejection have 30 days (plus a 60-day extension) from the mailing date of the rejection to file an appeal against the final rejection. The existing law also allows Applicants to file amendments to the claims and specification within 30 days from the filing of the appeal. Under the amended law, applicants will have...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on February 02, 2009 (boomark / email).