AIPN Manual

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Advanced Industrial Property Network (AIPN) In this service, a variety of the JPO (Japan Patent Office) and NCIPI (National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training) searchable databases are available with a publication number, an application number or a priority number. AIPN provides you with legal status, cited documents (only Japanese ones), English claims & specifications (with machine translation), file wrapper information and the patent family of your requested patent applications. 1. Operation procedure 1-1. AIPN TOP PAGE 1-2. LOGIN PAGE 1-3. NUMBER SEARCH PAGE 1-4. RESULT PAGE 1-5. DISPLAYING GAZETTES 2. Operation Guide 2-1. RETRIEVAL OF PATENT FAMILY 2-2. CHECKING LEGAL STATUS, CITED DOCUMENTS 2-3. RETRIEVAL OF CLAIMS 2-4. RETRIEVAL OF FILE WRAPPER INFORMATION -Appendix- 1. WHAT IS “PATENT FAMILY?” 2. DATABASE CONTENTS 3. COUNTRY CODES (WIPO Standard ST.3)

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Operational guide is shown below. There are two results of display types.

・CLAIMS

The operation procedure in case of retrieving Patent Family, Legal Status, Cited Documents or Claims is shown below.

[AIPN Top Page]

[Number Search Page]

[Result Page]

[Login Page]

● Please Click the Number Search button. ● If you are a Login- attested user, a Login Page will be displayed. Click the "LOGIN" button after entering your User ID and Pass Word. ● The operation procedure

changes into the following two with the retrieving objects.

･Retrieval of Japanese gazette First, select “Search from JAPANESE Application/ Priority/Publication/Patent Number”. Second, select or input the following items.

1. Type: Kind of a document number 2. Document Number:

A number for retrieval 3. Display Type: Select “Patent Family” Then, click “SEARCH” button. ･Retrieval of All gazettes Click “SEARCH” button after selecting “Search from OTHER Application/Priority Number” and entering a number to investigate. ● If you click a document number, the document will be displayed in another window.

・Patent Family ・Legal Status ・Cited Documents

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・Image of Gazette

・Patent Abstracts of Japan

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The operation procedure at the time of investigating of File Wrapper Information is shown

[Number Search Page]

[Login Page]

● Please Click the Number Search button. ● If you are a Login- attested user, a Login Page will be displayed. Click the "LOGIN" button after entering your User ID and Pass Word. ● First, select “Search from JAPANESE Application/ Priority/Publication/Patent Number”. Second, select or input the following items. 1. Type: Kind of a number

for retrieval 2. Document Number: A number for retrieval 3. Display Type: Select “File Wrapper Information” Then, click “SEARCH” button. ● If you click any hyper-link, any item will be displayed.

[Result Page]

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AIPN Top Ppge is displayed by accessing to the following URL: URL http://aipn.ipdl.ncipi.go.jp/top.html

Two kinds of screens will be displayed depending on the user.

Login-attested user: The page requiring entry of a User ID and Pass Word will be displayed. (User IDs and Pass Words are allocated to login-attested users by the JPO.) After logging in, you can proceed to "Number Search" page.

IP address-attested user: "Number Search" page will be directly displayed.

The news page is displayed in another window. Date of suspension of service, due to regular maintenance etc. is announced here.

Login-attested user:

User IDs and Pass Words are allocated to login-attested users by the JPO. This is the user whose user attestation is difficult due to frequent changes in IP address.

IP address-attested user:

This is the user who has an IP address recognizable by the JPO and NCIPI. This user is allowed to automatically log in. As for IP address of the user it is necessary to be fixed.

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Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

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In the case of a Login attested user, the following page is displayed.

Return to the AIPN top page.

The news page is displayed in another window.

Please enter the User ID and Pass Word allocated by the JPO. Capital/small letters are distinguished. "NUMBER SEARCH" page will be displayed by clicking the "LOGIN" button.

When a message "Either your user ID or your password is wrong" is displayed, please make sure to input the correct User ID or Pass Word and try again.

Navigation buttons

Login form

Navigation buttons

Login form

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If user authentication is performed, the following page will be displayed.

Return to the AIPN Top Page.

Help page is displayed in another window.

The coverage of the available data is displayed in another window. (JP, US, EP and WO)

Patent Family, Legal Status, Cited Documents or File Wrapper Information are retrievable from Japanese gazette by using a "publication number", an "application number" or a "priority number" as a search key. Please select the type of document number, input the document number in the query box and select the display type, then click "SEARCH" button.

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Navigation buttons

Search form

Navigation button

Search form

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Patent Family, Legal Status or Cited Documents are retrievable from gazette by using an application number or a priority number as a search key.

Please input the number in the query box, and click "SEARCH" button.

Only one document is searchable by a query.

Please select "Patent Family" when you search by PCT international publication number as corresponding

file wrapper information is not directly accessible.

Please select "File Wrapper Information" when you search by Examined Patent Publication (Kokoku) or

Examined Utility Model Publication (Kokoku) as corresponding patent family is not accessible.

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When you select “Search from JAPANESE Application/Priority/Publication/Patent Number”, you can use a "publication number", an "application number" or a "priority number" as a search key. Input the number you would like to retrieve as follows. 1) Publication Number

Type Input Format Note A : Unexamined Patent Publication

(Kokai) B : Examined Patent Publication

(Kokoku) U : Unexamined Utility Model Publication

(Kokai) Y : Examined Utility Model Publication (Kokoku) A : Unexamined Patent Publication based

on Int'l Application

Gyy-nnnnnn or

YYYY-nnnnnn

G :an era code (1 letter) yy :Japanese era(2 digits) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnnnnn :serial number (maximal 6 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted e.g. H08-123456 2001-123456 * Heisei = H, Showa = S

A1 : Domestic Re-publication of Int'l Application

WOyy-nnnnnn or

WOYYYY-nnnnnn

WO : yy :year (last 2 digits) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnnnn :serial number (maximal 6 digits) the leading zero can be omitted e.g. WO1998-012345 WO98-12345

B : Granted Patent Publication U : Registered Utility Model Publication Y : Granted Utility Model Publication

nnnnnnn

nnnnnnn :serial number (maximal 7 digits) the leading zero can be omitted e.g. 3000001

2) Application Number

Type Input Format Note

Patent Application/Priority Number Utility Model Application/Priority Number

Gyy-nnnnnn or

YYYY-nnnnnn

G :an era code (1 digits) yy :Japanese era(2 digits) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnnnnn :serial number (maximal 6 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted e.g. H08-123456 2001-123456 * Heisei = H, Showa = S

NUMBER INPUT FORMAT

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When you select “Search from OTHER Application/Priority Number”, you can use either an "application number" or "priority number" as a search key. 1) Application Number(JP, US, EP, WO)

Country Code (*) Input Format Note

JP US EP

CC-YYYY-nnnnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnnnnn :serial number (maximal 7 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted e.g. JP-1998-0123489 EP-1998-310262

WO WO-YYYY-CCnnnnnn

WO : YYYY :year (4 digits) CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnnn :serial number (maximal 6 digits) the leading zero can be omitted e.g. WO-1998-US012345 WO-2000-JP123

* Please refer to Appendix 3."Country Codes" about Country Code. 2) Application Number(other examples)

Country Code (*) Input Format Note LU OA CA NL (Al, Cl) SU TW

CC-nnnnnnnnnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnnnnnnnnn :serial number(maximal 12 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted e.g. LU-90806

EA FI (in or before 1999) HR (in or before 1999) IE LV MD (in or before 1999) NO (in or before 1999)

CC-yynnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. EA-960013

CH (in or before 1999) AT (A, B) (in or before 1999) AU CY CS CU CZ (in or before 1999) DK (A) (in or before 1999) HK (A) KE MN PH SG (G) SK TR (A) TT VN YU ZM ZW

CC-nnnnnyy

CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnn :serial number (maximal 5 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted yy :year (last 2 digits) e.g. CH-302895

* Please refer to Appendix 3."Country Codes" about Country Code.

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GB FR AP (in or before 1999) BE (in or before 1999) BR EE (in or before 1999)

CC-yynnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnnn :serial number (5 digits) e.g. GB-9501024

ES (in or before 1999) HU MX (A1) MY KR (in or before 1999) LT (in or before 1999) NL (A, B, C, T) RO (in or before 1999) SE SG (in or before 1999) SI (in or before 1999) TR (A1, A2, T1, T2, U) (in or before 1999) ZA

CC-yynnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnnn :serial number (5 digit s) e.g. GB-9501024

DE (A1,A8,A9,B1,B2,B3 C1,C2,C5,D2,

R2,R3,T0)

CC-1yynnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnnn :serial number (5 digits) e.g. DE-19500176

DE (A1,A8,A9,B1,B2,B3 C1,C2,C5,D2, R2,R3,T0)

(on or after 2004)

CC-xxyynnnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) xx :type of IP right 10 = DE patent application. 11 = PCT patent application in the national phase. 12 = SPC application 20 = Utility models 21 = Utility models resulting from PCT applications 22 = topographies 50 = Patents granted by EPO, filed in German 60 = Patents granted by EPO, filed in English or French nnnnn :serial number (6 digits) e.g. DE-1004001011

DE (D1) CC-5yynnnnn


DE (T2) CC-6yynnnnn


IT (in or before 1999) CC-AAyynnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) AA :2 Capital letters yy :year(last 2 digits) nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. IT-AN950005


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IN CC-AAnnnnyy

CC :country code (2 letters) AA :2 Capital letters yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. IN-MA069392

AR BG IL NZ MX (A, U) PL PT (A, U, B, Y)

CC-nnnnnnyy

CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnnnn :serial number (maximal 7 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted yy :year (last 2 digits) e.g. BG-10415700

DE (T1) RU (in or before 1999) AT (T) CN ES (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) GR (in or before 1999) HK (A1, A2, A3) PT (T)

CC-yynnnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnnnnn :serial number (6 digits) e.g. BG-10415700

FI (in or after 2000) HR (in or after 2000) MD (in or after 2000) NO (in or after 2000)

CC-YYYYnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. FI-20000068

CH (in or after 2000) AT (A, B) (in or after 2000)

CC-nnnnnYYYY

CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnn :serial number(maximal 5 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted YYYY :year (4 digits) e.g. CH-19622000

AP (in or after 2000) BE (in or after 2000) CZ (in or after 2000) DK (in or after 2000) EE (in or after 2000) ES (in or after 2000) LT (in or after 2000) RO (in or after 2000) SG (in or after 2000) SI (in or after 2000) TR (in or after 2000)

CC-YYYYnnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnnn :serial number (5 digits) e.g. AP-200001758

IT (in or after 2000) CC-AAYYYYnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) AA :2 Capital letters YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. IT-GE20000074

RU (in or after 2000) GR (in or after 2000) KR (in or after 2000)

CC-YYYYnnnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnnnn :serial number (6 digits) e.g. RU-2000001004


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When a search has been successfully performed, this page will be displayed.

Return to the AIPN Top Page.

Help page is displayed in another window. When the input format of a number is unknown, please refer to this item.

Return to the Number Search Page.

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Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

Hyper-link for displaying gazettes

Legal status, Citeddocuments button

File Wrapper Information button

Patent Familybutton

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This button is displayed when the search key number and its patent family data correspond to Japanese publication. When you click any linked number, its legal status and cited documents relevant to the publication are shown in the frame below.

Documents are available in another window by clicking hyper-linked numbers.

This button is displayed on the screen when the search key number corresponds to Japanese publication. When you click this button, another window pops up to show File Wrapper Information.

This button is displayed on the screen when the search key number corresponds to Japanese publication. When you click the button, another window pops up to show Patent Family, legal status and cited documents.

Legal status, Cited documents button

Hyper-link for displaying gazettes

File Wrapper Information button

Patent Family button

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Display item Contents

Searched Number

The search key number is displayed. When the searched number is relating to a Japanese document contained in an official patent gazette, the number is hyperlinked to the relevant Patent Abstracts of Japan (PAJ).

The button is displayed in case of the search key number and its family data relevant to the Japanese publication. When you click this botton, its legal status and cited documents relevant to the publication are shown in the frame below.

Patent Family corresponding to the inputted number is listed up.

Display item Contents Kind WIPO ST.16 conformity Publication No. ・Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai)

・Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication based on Int'l Application ・Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai)

JP yy-nnnnnn ： in or before 1999 Or

JP YYYY-nnnnnn ： in or after 2000 yy : Japanese era(2 digits) YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn : serial number ・Japanese Domestic Re-publication of Int'l Application

JP WOyy-nnnnnn ： in or before 1999 Or

JP WOYYYY-nnnnnn ： in or after 2000 yy : year (last 2 digits) YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnnn:：: serial number ・Japanese Granted Patent Publication ・Japanese Registered Utility Model Publication ・Japanese Granted Utility Model Publication

JP nnnnnnn nnnnnnn:：: serial number ・Gazette of countries other than Japan

CC nnnnnnnnnn CC : country code nnnnnnnnnn: serial number If the number is hyper-linked, the following information is available on another

“Searched Number” Frame

“Patent Family” Frame

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window depending on the kind of document: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai): PAJ Other Japanese gazette: CLAIMS(machine translation) Gazette of countries other than Japan: Image of the gazette

Publ.Date Publication date DD.MM.YY Application Number CC YYYY-nnnnnnn

CC : country code YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnnn : serial number

Appl.Date Application date DD.MM.YY Related Information (shown only for Japanese publication)

The legal status and cited documents relevant to the publication are shown in the frame below.

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If you click "Legal Status, Cited Documents" button, the following items are displayed. 1) Legal Status, Cited Documents

Display item Contents

This button is displayed in case of the search number relevant to the Japanese publication. When you click this button, another window pops up to show the File Wrapper Information.

2) Legal Status

There are 14 items of legal status information and each item is filled with number or date if the data exists. Display item Contents

Date of request for examination DD.MM.YYYY Date of sending the examiner's decision of rejection

DD.MM.YYYY

Kind of final disposal of application other than the examiner's

If the legal status of the application is settled, one of the following items is shown. ･invalidation ･dismissal ･withdrawal ･abandonment ･application converted ･declining of amendment

Date of final disposal for application

DD.MM.YYYY

Patent number nnnnnnn : serial number When the number is clicked, the CLAIMS (machine translation) are displayed.

Date of registration DD.MM.YYYY

Number of appeal against examiner's decision of rejection

yy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy : Japanese era(2 digits) nnnnnn : serial number YYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn : serial number

Date of requesting appeal against examiner's decision of rejection

DD.MM.YYYY

Date of extinction of right DD.MM.YYYY

“Legal Status, Cited Documents” Frame

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Trial or opposition number

yy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy :Japanese era(2 digits) nnnnnn : serial number YYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn: serial number

Date of demand for trial or opposition

DD.MM.YYYY

Kind of final disposal of trial or opposition

If the legal status of the application is settled, one of the following items is shown. ･Remand to Examination ･Approval for Demand for Trial or Opposition ･Disapproval for Demand for Trial or Opposition ･Partial Approval for Demand for Trial or Opposition ･Termination of Trial or Opposition by Withdrawal of Application ･Termination of Trial or Opposition by Abdication of Application ･Termination of Trial or Opposition by Conversion of Application ･Decision to Grant a Patent in Pretrial Reexamination ･Termination of Trial or Opposition by New Application after Decision to Decline Amendment ･Withdrawal of Demand for Trial or Opposition ･Invalidation of Demand for Trial or Opposition ･Dismissal by Trial or Opposition Decision ･Dismissal of Demand for Trial or Opposition ･Missing Number (Termination of Trial or Opposition by Wrong Delivery etc.) ･Refusal of Receipt ･Termination of Opposition ･Dismissal of Demand for Trial or Opposition (Former Invalidation)

Date of final disposal of trial or opposition

DD.MM.YYYY

Publication number

One of the publication numbers is displayed with the selected gazette.・Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) ・Unexamined Patent Publication based on Int'l Application ・Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai)

yy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy : year (last 2 digits) nnnnnn: serial number

YYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY -: year (4 digits) nnnnnn: serial number ・Domestic Re-publication of Int'l Application

WOyy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy : year (last 2 digits) nnnnnn : serial number

WOYYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn: serial number ・Granted Patent Publication ・Registered Utility Model Publication ・Granted Utility Model Publication A space is displayed. When the number is clicked, the CLAIMS (machine translation) are displayed.

Renewal date DD.MM.YYYY

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3) Cited Documents The Kind of the document and document number are displayed for each cited document.

Display item Contents Kind Kind of cited document

Document No.

If the number is hyperlinked, the following information is available on another window depending on the kind of document

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai): PAJ Other Japanese gazette: CLAIMS (machine translation) Gazette of countries other than Japan: Image of gazette

Patent Family If you clicke “Patent Family” button, another window will pop up to show “Patent Family”.

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The CLAIMS (machine translation) and DRAWINGS will be displayed.

The image of Japanese official gazette is displayed.

Data Items

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Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

“PAJ (Patent Abstracts of Japan)”

Publication number Date of publication of application

IPC(Int.Cl) Date of filing

Application number Priority number(s) Title of invention

Applicant(s) Inventor(s)

Abstract

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If you click "Japanese (PDF)" button, the PDF of Japanese official gazette will be displayed.

If you click "File Wrapper Information" button, the File Wrapper Information will be displayed.

The following parts (machine translation) are available for displaying by clicking the preferable item. *The following parts may be available depending on the document. *When the contents of the gazette are too much, the link of the following parts may not be available.

Selecting the number of the drawing from the pull down menu "Drawing selection" enables you to find the preferable drawing. * If there are more than 200 drawings in the gazette, only representative drawing will be displayed.

If you click "Japanese (whole document in PDF)" button, the whole document in PDF format screen will be displayed.

“CLAIMS (machine translation)”

CLAIMS MEANS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OPERATION TECHNICAL FIELD EXAMPLE FIELD OF THE INVENTION DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS PRIOR ART DRAWINGS EFFECT OF THE INVENTION CORRECTION or AMENDMENT TECHNICAL PROBLEM

Navigation buttons

Item selection link

Drawing selection

Navigation buttons

Item selection link

Drawing selection

PDF(whole document) download button


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JPO and NCIPI are not responsible for any damages caused by the use of this translation. 1. This document has been translated by a computer. The translation may not precisely reflect the original application. 2. **** shows words which could not be translated. 3. In drawings, translation cannot be performed.

If you click "PREVIOUS PAGE" button, the previous page will be displayed. When the current page is the first page of a document, "PREVIOUS PAGE" refers to the last page of the preceding document. If you click "NEXT PAGE" buttton, the next page will be displayed. When the current page is the last page of a document, “NEXT PAGE” refers to the first page of the next document. If you click "ENGLISH" button, CLAIMS (machine translation) and DRAWINGS will be displayed. The "ENGLISH" button appears only when the document is published in CD-ROM format. If you click "JUMP" button, the page specified in the query box will be displayed.

If you click "Japanese (whole document in PDF)" button, the whole document in PDF format screen will be displayed.

“Image of Japanese official gazette”

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons



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If you click "PREVIOUS PAGE" button, the previous page will be displayed. When the current page is the first page of the document, "PREVIOUS PAGE" refers to the last page of the preceding document. If you click "NEXT PAGE" button, the next page will be displayed. When the current page is the last page of the document, "NEXT PAGE" refers to the first page of the next document. If you click "JUMP" button, the page specified in the query box will be displayed.

“Image of the foreign country gazette”

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

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If you click "ENGLISH" button, the File Wrapper Information (machine translation) will be displayed. If you click "JAPANESE" button, the File Wrapper Information in Japanese will be displayed.

“File Wrapper Information (machine translation)”

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

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If you click "ENGLISH" button, the File Wrapper Information (machine translation) will be displayed. If you click "JAPANESE" button, the File Wrapper Information in Japanese will be displayed.

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

“File Wrapper Information”

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From a certain publication number or application number or priority number, the example of operation at the time

of investigating Patent Family, Legal Status, Cited Documents, Claims, File Wrapper Information is shown below. When you want to search for the patent family of a certain publication number "1998-197348".

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AIPN TOP PAGE

If you click "NUMBER SEARCH" button, the "NUMBER SEARCH" page will be displayed.

Select the type of the document number and input the document number you want to search. In this example, select "A: Unexamined Patent Publication(Kokai)" and input

List of the patent family applications.

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Number Search PAGE

Result Page

When all of the patent family applications cannot be listed up in a frame, a scroll bar will be displayed on the right hand side.

Select either “File Wrapper Information” or“Patent Family” you want to display. In this example, select "Patent Family".

Click the "SEARCH" button.

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When you want to search for the patent family of a certain application number(priority number) "JP 1998-010913"

AIPN TOP PAGE

If you click "NUMBER SEARCH" button, the "NUMBER SEARCH" page will be displayed.

Input the number of an application you want to search. In this example, input "JP-1998-010913"

The list of the patent family of the searched number “JP-1998-010913”.

Number Search PAGE

Result Page

When all of the patent family applications cannot be listed up in a frame, a scroll bar will be displayed on the right hand side.

Click the "SEARCH" button.

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When you want to search for the legal status of the application "JP 1998-010913" and its cited documents:

When you want to search for the legal status of the patent family "JP 11-149" and its cited documents:

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Legal status and cited documents

Please click above button. The legal status of the patent family "JP 11-149" and the cited documents are displayed in the frame below.

Only in the case of Japanese document, legal status and cited documents will be displayed. They may be unavailable even for Japanese document if the data doesn’t exist.

Result Page

Result Page

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When you want to search for the claims of the searched number "JP-2000-166172":

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Please click the hyper-link of the application number

2.PAJ is displayed

PAJ (Patent Abstracts of Japan) of the searched application number "JP 2000-166172" is displayed in another

1.Result Page

Please click above button to see English translation of the whole document.

3.CLAIMS is displayed

The claims of searched application number "JP 2000-166172" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the claims of the searched number "JP-2000-166172" from its legal status:

Please click a number in the legal status. In this example, the number is "JP 2000-166172".

2. CLAIMS is displayed

The claims of the searched application number "JP 2000-166172" will be displayed in another window.

1.Result Page

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When you want to search for the claims of patent family "JP 11-149":

Please click a number in the patent family. In this example, the number is "JP 11-149".

1.Result Page


The claims of the patent family "JP 11-149" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the claims of cited documents "JP 06-94428" of searched number "JP 1994-217476"from legal status of cited documents:

Please click above button.

2.Cited Documents is displayed

The legal status of cited documents "JP 06-94428" of the application number "JP 1994-217476" will be displayed in another window.

1.Result Page

Click the publication number "1994-094428".


The claims of the publication number "JP 06-94428" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the claims of cited documents "JP 06-94428" of searched number "JP 1994-217476" from the document number of the cited documents:

The claims of the publication number "JP 06-94428" will be displayed in another window.

Please click a number in the cited documents. In this example, the number is "JP 06-94428".

2. PAJ is displayed

PAJ (Patent Abstracts of Japan) of the searched application number "JP 06-94428" will be displayed in another window.

1. Result Page



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When you want to search for the File Wrapper Information of the application number (priority number) "1997-153303":

Select the type of the document number and input the document number you wish to retrieve. Here, select "Patent Application/ Priority Number" and input

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If you click "NUMBER SEAECH" button, the "NUMBER SEAECH" page will be displayed.

The File Wrapper Information of the application number "1997-153303" will be displayed in another window.

Number Search PAGE

File Wrapper Information is displayed


Select either “File Wrapper Information” or “Patent Family” you wish to display. Here, select "File Wrapper Information".

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When you want to search for the File Wrapper Information of the searched number "1997-153303":

The File Wrapper Information of the application number "1997-153303" will be displayed in another window.

2. File Wrapper Information is displayed

1.Result Page


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Generally, when patent application is filed to two or more countries based on the Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property, these patents and patent applications form a "patent family."

In the upper model, P-2 and P-3 have P-1 as a common priority number. P-4 and P-5 have P-2 as a common priority number. P-6 has P-3 as a priority number.

The patent family that AIPN defines is explained based on the upper model.

1) When you use the application number P-1 or the priority number P-1 as a search key:

P-1, P-2, and P-3 form a patent family. 1) When you use the application number P-2 or the priority number P-2 as a search key:

P-2, P-3, P-4 and P-5 form a patent family.

P-1

P-2

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P-3

P-4 P-5 P-6

P-1

P-2 P-3

P-4 P-5 P-6

P-1

P-2 P-3

P-4 P-5 P-6

The document P-1 which has P-1 as its application number is found.

P-2 and P-3 which have P-1 as priority number are found.

The document P-2 which has P-2 as its application number is found.

The document P-3 which shares P-1 as priority number with P-2 is found.

P-4 and P-5 which have P-2 as a priority number are found.

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Data of applications from each country since 1995 is stored in AIPN database. Examples of available data as of August 2006 are as follows:

Country Code Kind Number of cases note

A 2,845,931 Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) B 9 Examined Patent Publication (Kokoku) B1 2,062 Granted Patent Publication B2 306,807 Granted Patent Publication T 156,433 Unexamined Patent Publication based on Int’l Application T1 33 Translation Document laid open to public inspection U 1,887 Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai)/

Registered Utility Model Publication

JP (JPO)

total 3,313,162 A 574,612 PATENT A1 627,659 PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION A2 95 PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (Republication) A9 258 PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION(Utility Patent Application)

B1 391,160 PATENT (No pre-grant publication) B2 175,049 PATENT (pre-grant publication) C1 126 REEXAMINATION CERTIFICATE E 1,284 REISSUE PATENT E1 1,363 REISSUE PATENT F1 5 Corrected Reissue H 281 STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION H1 153 STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION P 2,243 PLANT PATENT P1 1,105 PLANT PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION P2 2,862 PLANT PATENT (No pre-grant publication) P3 498 PLANT PATENT (pre-grant publication) S 2 Design Patent S1 56,902 Design Patent

US (USPTO)

Total 1,835,657 A1 468,053 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT A2 261,532 APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT A3 153,075 SEARCH REPORT A4 47,044 SUPPLEMENTARY SEARCH REPORT A8 482 Corrected title page of an A-document A9 278 Complete reprint of an A-document B1 192,771 PATENT SPECIFICATION B2 595 NEW PATENT SPECIFICATION B8 277 Corrected title page of a B-document B9 349 Complete reprint of a B-document

EP (EPO)

Total 1,124,456 A1 537,035 Published with the international search report A2 147,115 Published without the international search report A3 115,963 Published with revised version of the front page of the pamphlet A8 12,512 Modified first page A9 14,348 Complete corrected document B1 5,092 Published of amended claims B8 256 Second modification of the First page B9 60 Correction of a Complete Corrected Document

WO (WIPO)

Total 832,381 At present, in addition to the data shown above, the available data amounts to about 7 million items from over 50 nations, with 1.5 million items added each year.

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LIST OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, IN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE OF THEIR SHORT NAMES,

AND THEIR CORRESPONDING CODES AFGHANISTAN .................................................. AF AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) ................................. OA AFRICAN REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) ......... AP ALBANIA ............................................................ AL ALGERIA ............................................................ DZ ANDORRA .......................................................... AD ANGOLA ............................................................. AO ANGUILLA ......................................................... AI ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA .............................. AG ARGENTINA ....................................................... AR ARMENIA ........................................................... AM ARUBA ................................................................ AW AUSTRALIA ....................................................... AU AUSTRIA ............................................................ AT AZERBAIJAN ..................................................... AZ BAHAMAS .......................................................... BS BAHRAIN ............................................................ BH BANGLADESH ................................................... BD BARBADOS ........................................................ BB BELARUS ............................................................ BY BELGIUM ............................................................ BE BELIZE ................................................................ BZ BENELUX TRADEMARK OFFICE (BBM) AND BENELUX DESIGNS OFFICE (BBDM) BX BENIN .................................................................. BJ BERMUDA ........................................................ BM BHUTAN ............................................................. BT BOLIVIA ............................................................. BO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ........................ BA BOTSWANA ....................................................... BW BOUVET ISLAND .............................................. BV BRAZIL ............................................................... BR BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ................................. BN BULGARIA ......................................................... BG BURKINA FASO ................................................. BF BURUNDI ............................................................ BI CAMBODIA ........................................................ KH CAMEROON ....................................................... CM CANADA ............................................................. CA CAPE VERDE ..................................................... CV CAYMAN ISLANDS .......................................... KY CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ..................... CF CHAD .................................................................. TD CHILE .................................................................. CL CHINA ................................................................. CN COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY OFFICE (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY）(CPVO) …….. QZ

COLOMBIA ......................................................... CO COMOROS .......................................................... KM CONGO (see Congo, below; Democratic Republic of the Congo)

CONGO ............................................................... CG COOK ISLANDS .............................................. CK COSTA RICA ..................................................... CR CÔTE D’IVOIRE ................................................ CI CROATIA ........................................................... HR CUBA .................................................................. CU CYPRUS ............................................................. CY CZECH REPUBLIC ............................................ CZ DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLICOF KOREA .................................... KP DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO . CD DENMARK ......................................................... DK DJIBOUTI ........................................................... DJ DOMINICA ......................................................... DM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC .................................. DO ECUADOR .......................................................... EC EGYPT ................................................................ EG EL SALVADOR .................................................. SV EQUATORIAL GUINEA ................................... GQ ERITREA ............................................................ ER ESTONIA ............................................................ EE ETHIOPIA ........................................................... ET EURASIAN PATENT ORGANIZATION (EAPO) .............................................................. EA EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) .............. EP FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) ............. FK FAROE ISLANDS ............................................ FO FIJI ...................................................................... FJ FINLAND ............................................................ FI FRANCE ............................................................. FR GABON ............................................................... GA GAMBIA ............................................................. GM GEORGIA ........................................................... GE GERMANY ......................................................... DE GHANA ............................................................... GH GIBRALTAR ...................................................... GI GREECE ............................................................. GR GREENLAND ..................................................... GL GRENADA .......................................................... GD GUATEMALA .................................................... GT GUINEA .............................................................. GN GUINEA-BISSAU .............................................. GW GUYANA ............................................................ GY HAITI .................................................................. HT HOLY SEE ........................................................ VA HONDURAS ....................................................... HN HONG KONG (See The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) HUNGARY ......................................................... HU ICELAND ............................................................ IS INDIA .................................................................. IN INDONESIA ....................................................... ID

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INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THEWORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

ORGANIZATION (WIPO) ......................... IB, WO IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF ........................ IR IRAQ .................................................................... IQ IRELAND ............................................................ IE ISRAEL ................................................................ IL ITALY .................................................................. IT JAMAICA ............................................................ JM JAPAN ................................................................. JP JORDAN .............................................................. JO KAZAKHSTAN ................................................... KZ KENYA ................................................................ KE KIRIBATI ............................................................ KI KOREA (see Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Republic of Korea) KUWAIT .............................................................. KW KYRGYZSTAN ................................................... KG LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ... LA LATVIA ............................................................... LV LEBANON ........................................................... LB LESOTHO ............................................................ LS LIBERIA .............................................................. LR LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA ......................... LY LIECHTENSTEIN ............................................... LI LITHUANIA ........................................................ LT LUXEMBOURG .................................................. LU MACAU ............................................................... MO MACEDONIA (see The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) MADAGASCAR .................................................. MG MALAWI ............................................................. MW MALAYSIA ......................................................... MY MALDIVES ......................................................... MV MALI .................................................................... ML MALTA ................................................................ MT MAURITANIA .................................................... MR MAURITIUS ........................................................ MU MEXICO .............................................................. MX MOLDOVA (see Republic of Moldova) MONACO ............................................................ MC MONGOLIA ........................................................ MN MONTSERRAT ................................................... MS MOROCCO .......................................................... MA MOZAMBIQUE .................................................. MZ MYANMAR ......................................................... MM NAMIBIA ............................................................ NA NAURU ................................................................ NR NEPAL ................................................................. NP NETHERLANDS ................................................. NL NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ............................. AN NEW ZEALAND ................................................. NZ NICARAGUA ...................................................... NI NIGER .................................................................. NE NIGERIA ............................................................. NG NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ................... MP NORWAY ............................................................ NO OFFICE FOR HARMONIZATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET (TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS) .................. EM

OMAN ................................................................. OM PAKISTAN ......................................................... PK PALAU ................................................................ PW PANAMA ............................................................ PA PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...................................... PG PARAGUAY ....................................................... PY PATENT OFFICE OF THE COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF (GCC) ........................................ GC PERU ................................................................... PE PHILIPPINES ...................................................... PH POLAND ............................................................. PL PORTUGAL ........................................................ PT QATAR ............................................................... QA REPUBLIC OF KOREA ..................................... KR REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ............................... MD ROMANIA .......................................................... RO RUSSIAN FEDERATION .................................. RU RWANDA ........................................................... RW SAINT HELENA ................................................ SH SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ............................... KN SAINT LUCIA .................................................... LC SAINT VINCENT ANDTHE GRENADINES ... VC SAMOA ............................................................... WS SAN MARINO .................................................... SM SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ............................. ST SAUDI ARABIA ................................................. SA SENEGAL ........................................................... SN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO………………… YU SEYCHELLES .................................................... SC SIERRA LEONE ................................................. SL SINGAPORE ....................................................... SG SLOVAKIA ......................................................... SK SLOVENIA ......................................................... SI SOLOMON ISLANDS ........................................ SB SOMALIA ........................................................... SO SOUTH AFRICA ................................................ ZA SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS .................................... GS SPAIN ................................................................. ES SRI LANKA ........................................................ LK SUDAN ............................................................... SD SURINAME ........................................................ SR SWAZILAND ..................................................... SZ SWEDEN ............................................................ SE SWITZERLAND ................................................. CH SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC .............................. SY TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA .................... TW TAJIKISTAN ...................................................... TJ TANZANIA (see United Republic of Tanzania) THAILAND ........................................................ TH THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

MACEDONIA ................................................. MK THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ................. HK TIMOR－LESTE……………………………….. TL TOGO .................................................................. TG TONGA ............................................................... TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ............................... TT

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TUNISIA .............................................................. TN TURKEY .............................................................. TR TURKMENISTAN .............................................. TM TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ...................... TC TUVALU ............................................................. TV UGANDA ............................................................ UG UKRAINE ............................................................ UA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES .............................. AE UNITED KINGDOM ........................................... GB UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA ............... TZ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ...................... US URUGUAY .......................................................... UY UZBEKISTAN ..................................................... UZ

VANUATU ......................................................... VU VATICAN CITY STATE (See Holy See) VENEZUELA ..................................................... VE VIET NAM .......................................................... VN VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH ............................ VG WESTERN SAHARA ......................................... EH WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) (INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF) .............WO, IB YEMEN ............................................................... YE ZAMBIA ............................................................. ZM ZIMBABWE ....................................................... ZW

LIST OF STATES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXISTED ON JANUARY 1, 1978, BUT THAT NO LONGER EXIST

Czechoslovakia ..................................................... CS Democratic Yemen ............................................... SY/YD

German Democratic Republic .............................. DL/DD

International Patent Institute ................................. IB Soviet Union ......................................................... SU