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17 November 2008

Patent granted in 17 days in Japan

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

The Japan Patent Office has granted a patent to a university just 17 days after the examination request was made

On October 1 the JPO launched a pilot version of its super accelerated scheme to process patents more quickly than under the existing accelerated system.




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