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| Title : Japan: Schedule of fees (Patents and Utility Models) |
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1. Application |
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Patents |
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Patent application |
￥15,000 |
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Application in foreign language |
￥24,000 |
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Entry into the national phase in Japan (under the PCT) |
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-for international applications filed on or after June 1, 2008 |
￥15,000 |
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Application for registration of an extension of the term of patent right |
￥74,000 |
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Utility Models |
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(Note: Applicants are required to pay registration fees for the 1st-3rd years in a lump sum at the time of filing) |
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Utility Model application |
￥14,000 |
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Entry into the national phase in Japan (under the PCT) |
￥14,000 |
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2. Request for Examination |
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Patents |
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Request for examination |
￥118,000 +￥4,000 per claim |
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-where the international search report has been |
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established by the JPO (under the PCT) |
￥71,000 +￥2,400 per claim |
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-where the international search report has |
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been established by an International Searching |
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Authority other than the JPO (under the PCT) |
￥106,000 +￥3,600 per claim |
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-where the search report has been established by |
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a designated searching organization |
￥94,000 +￥3,200 per claim |
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Utility Models |
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1) For utility model applications filed by December 31, 1993 from January 1, 1988 |
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Request for examination |
￥46,500 + ￥1,100 per claim |
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2) For Utility Model applications filed on or after January 1, 1994 |
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Request for Registrability Report |
￥42,000 + ￥1,000 per claim |
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-where the international search report has |
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been established by the JPO (under the PCT) |
￥8,400 + ￥200 per claim |
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-where the international search report has |
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been established by an International Searching |
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Authority other than the JPO (under the PCT) |
￥33,600 + ￥800 per claim |
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3. Annual fee / Registration fee |
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Patents |
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1) For patent applications filed on or after January 1, 1988 |
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(For patent applications requested for examination on or after April 1, 2004) |
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1-3rd year: annually, |
￥ 2,300 + ￥ 200 per claim |
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4-6th year: annually, |
￥ 7,100 + ￥ 500 per claim |
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7-9th year: annually, |
￥21,400 + ￥1,700 per claim |
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10-25th year: annually, |
￥61,600 + ￥4,800 per claim |
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(For patent applications requested for examination on or before March 31, 2004) |
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1-3rd year: annually, |
￥11,400 + ￥1,000 per claim |
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4-6th year: annually, |
￥17,900 + ￥1,400 per claim |
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7-9th year: annually, |
￥35,800 + ￥2,800 per claim |
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10-25th year: annually, |
￥71,600 + ￥5,600 per claim |
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2) For patent applications filed on or before December 31, 1987 |
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(For patent applications requested for examination on or after April 1, 2004) |
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1-3rd year: annually, |
￥ 1,500 + ￥ 1,000 per claim |
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4-6th year: annually, |
￥ 4,800 + ￥ 2,900 per claim |
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7-9th year: annually, |
￥14,300 + ￥ 8,800 per claim |
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10-25th year: annually, |
￥47,500 + ￥29,600 per claim |
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(For patent applications requested for examination on or before March 31, 2004) |
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1-3rd year: annually, |
￥ 7,500 + ￥ 4,900 per claim |
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4-6th year: annually, |
￥11,900 + ￥ 7,400 per claim |
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7-9th year: annually, |
￥23,800 + ￥14,800 per claim |
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10-25th year: annually, |
￥47,500 + ￥29,600 per claim |
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Utility Models |
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1) For utility model applications filed on or after April 1, 2005 |
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1-3rd year: annually, |
￥ 2,100 + ￥100 per claim |
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4-6th year: annually, |
￥ 6,100 + ￥300 per claim |
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7-10th year: annually, |
￥18,100 + ￥900 per claim |
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2) For utility model applications filed by March 31, 2005 from January 1, 1994 |
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1-3rd year: annually, |
￥ 7,600 + ￥ 700 per claim |
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4-6th year: annually, |
￥15,100 + ￥1,400 per claim |
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4. Others |
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Request for extension of a period |
￥2,100 |
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Notification of succession (Change in the name of applicant) |
￥4,200 |
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Request for other certificates: |
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-on-line |
￥1,100 |
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-over the counter |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥1,400 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥1,550 |
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Request for inspection of documents (paper) |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥1,500 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥1,750 |
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Request for inspection of documents (digital): |
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-on-line |
￥600 |
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-over the counter |
￥900 |
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Request for inspection of the Register (paper) |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥300 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥600 |
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Request for inspection of the Register (digital) |
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-on-line |
￥600 |
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-over the counter |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥800 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥1,100 |
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Request for copy of documents (paper) |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥1,400 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥1,650 |
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Request for issue of documents (digital): |
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-on-line |
￥1,000 |
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-over the counter |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥1,300 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥1,550 |
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Request for copy of the Register (paper) |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥350 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥620 |
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Request for issue of the Register (digital): |
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-on-line |
￥800 |
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-over the counter |
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if confirmation of interests is unnecessary |
￥1,100 |
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if confirmation of interests is necessary |
￥1,400 |
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Fee for rewriting data into electronic format |
￥1,200 + ￥700 per sheet |
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5. After Registration |
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Registration of transfer of right: |
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-Patents |
￥15,000 |
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-Utility models |
￥ 9,000 |
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-Designs |
￥ 9,000 |
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-Trademarks |
￥30,000 |
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-General successions (inheritance, etc) |
￥ 3,000 |
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Change in the name of owner (excluding transfer) |
￥ 1,000 |
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