Japan Patent Office (JPO) is working to improve the functions of Japan Platform for Patent Information (J-PlatPat) in order to respond to users’ more sophisticated and diverse needs for IP information. JPO renewed J-PlatPat together with the change of User Interface on May 7, 2019 1.
Now, in order to follow the revision of the Design Act in Japan and enhance convenience more, JPO will make the function improvements.
Functions to be improved are mainly as follows:
(1) New function to display Related Designs in a tree diagram manner.
(2) Add search service with new classifications, etc. assigned to Designs for graphic images, buildings, and interiors 2.
(3) Add Search service with new figure classifications assigned to Trademarks comprised of three-dimensional shapes such as store exteriors and interiors 3.
(4) New function to search Application Information of Patent Term Extension Registration with text. In detail “Name of applicant”, “Name of patentee” and “Contents of government disposition” (e.g. name of drugs or the approval numbers) are to be searchable.
(5) New function to download Multiple PDF files shown in the Search Result List.
(6) New optimization function of Trial Decision date searches.
Released by TIPO
