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Database
Japanese Patents & Utility ModelsINPADOC Family & Legal Status
Search features
Boolean search
Each search can be executed in Patents and/or Utility models as you desire User-friendly search menu gives you results in seconds.
- Up to 21 search fields are available.
- Bookean opearators flexiblely match your search needs.
Search fields
| 1 | Result Set |
|---|---|
| 2 | Applicant / Right Holder |
| 3 | Inventor |
| 4 | Application Date |
| 5 | First Level Publication Date |
| 6 | IPC |
| 7 | FI |
| 8 | F-term |
| 9 | Full Text Specification |
| 10 | Front Page Abstract on the Official Gazette |
| 11 | Claims |
| 12 | Description |
| 13 | Registration Date |
| 14 | Application Date of Trial (including opposition) |
| 15 | Examination Legal Status Code |
| 16 | Trial Legal Status Code |
| 17 | Registration Legal Status Code |
| 18 | Examined Publication Date |
| 19 | Fixed Keyword |
| 20 | Expanded Classification |
| 21 | Words in PATOLIS Abstracts |
Document number search
Up to 99 document number can be searched at one time.
- Quick & Easy search if you have the document number.
- PCT applications / publications can be searched here as well
Citation search
- All generations are displayed at one glance.
- Freely browse within Backward citations.
Display features
Legal Status
- Complete. detailed legal status are listed up in chronological orders.
- The whole life circle will be shown if applicable.
Viability status of the applications
- One click to filter living /dead applications from the hitlist.
Machine translated Full texts
- Precise full text Machine Translate breaks the language barrier.
- A complete document will be ready in seconds.
- Unexpensive tool to obtain first hand information.
Display formats - Variety of display available for your convenience
| Format | Items |
|---|---|
| P800 | Hitlist (Title and Applicant) |
| P801 | Bibliographic Data, Abstract, Drawing etc. |
| P802 | Bibliographic Data, Intermediate Record, etc. |
| P803 | Bibliographic Data, Abstract, Drawing, Intermediate Record, etc. |
| P804 | Bibliographic Data |
| P805 | Bibliographic Data and Abstract |
| P806 | Bibliographic Data, Abstract and Intermediate Record, etc |
| P807 | Bibliographic Data, Intermediate Record, Viability Information, etc |
Display fields - Variety of display fields
Every display format contains following fields.
- Application No./Date
- Public Disclosure No./Date
- Registration No./Date
- Examined Publication Date (present law)
- Examined Publication No./Date (old law)
- PCT Application No. For PCT entry into Japan only
- PCT Publication No./Date For PCT entry into Japan only
- Priority Country Date/No.
- Preliminary Examination
- Domestic Priority
- Date of Request for Examination
- Accelerated Examination Code
- Kind of Application
- Critical Date of Publication
- No. of Claims
- Applicant
- Inventor
- IPC
- FI
- F-term
- Expanded Classification
- Fixed Keyword
- Citation
- Title of Invention
Display fields - Legal Status Data
Format P802, P803, P806 and P807 contain following fields.
- Relation to Original Application
- Original Application No.
- Original registration number
- Retroactive Date
- Assignment/License
- Classification of Examiners Decision/Date
- Final Examinational Transaction/Date
- Kind of Examination
- Examination Intermediate Record
- Trial No./Date
- Kind of Trial
- Demandant
- Defendant
- Opponent
- No. of Opposition in Effect
- No. of Opposition Claims
- Classification of Trial Decision of Opposition
- Final Disposition of Trial or Appeal/Date
- Trial and Opposition Intermediate Record
- Registration Intermediate Record
- Amount of Annuity Payment
- Extinction of Right/Lapse Date of Right
- Closed Register Filing Date
- Proprietor
- Status of Register
Detail viability status available on Format P807
Important viability information will be indicated by one of the following
- Before Request for Examination
- under Examination
- Reconsideration by Examiner Before Appeal
- Appeal Against Examiner's Decision
- Decision of Registration or Appeal/Trial Decision of Registration
- Decision of Rejection or Appeal/Trial Decision of Rejection
- Suit Against Appeal/Trial Decision of Rejection
- Under Opposition
- Under Trial for Invalidation
- Right is in Force
- Extinction Without Examination
- Extinction at Examination Phase
- Extinction at Appeal/Trial Phase
- Disposition Made
- Cancellation by Opposition or Trial for Invalidation
- Abandonment Before Expiration of Term
- Expiration of Term
- Extinction due to Other Reason
Classification references
All the code references such as IPC, FI, F-term, Expanded Classification, Fixed keyword and Legal Status, are available in the Search Guide. It provides a brief description of what codes mean. It is straightforward for you to understand the contents of patent classifications as well as the complicated Japanese legal status codes.
reference : PATOLIS Search Guide
Display support
From the right hand frame of the screen, you can select/check following options.
- Selecting Display Format
- Sort options/Keys
- Display per Page
- Result Sets
- Search History
Others
Data Coverage
Patents
| Bibliographic Data | 1955 onwards |
|---|---|
| Abstracts | July 1971 onwards (Machine translation) Oct. 1976 onwards (PAJ) |
| Full Texts |
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Utility Models
| Bibliographic Data | 1960 onwards |
|---|---|
| Abstracts | 1980 onwards (Machine translation) |
| Full Texts |
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Time Lag
| PAJ Abstracts | Approximately 4 months |
|---|---|
| Full text machine translation | Next day of the publication date |
| Bibliographic data | Next day of the publication date |
| JPO files | 3 days after the date distribution by the JPO |
Operation
| Operation | 24-7 |
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