Managing Intellectual Property

Patent granted in 17 days in Japan

17 November 2008

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.

On the same day, Keio University in Tokyo filed a request using the new scheme for examination of a patent entitled Electrochemical Analysis Method Using Boron Doped...



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