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1. application path

1. Direct application;

2. Paris Convention pathway;

3. The PCT enters the Japanese national phase.

2. Review Form

Form review: the examiner only needs to check whether the application meets the form requirements or basic requirements of the application. If there is, the applicant needs to make amendments. If there is no amendment, the application will be canceled; All applications that pass the form review and meet the basic requirements will be granted the utility model right without passing the substantive review; After the utility model right is registered, JPO will publish the details of the utility model in the official gazette; on the basis of a search of existing technical documents, the evaluation report issued by the examiner allows an objective judgment on the validity of the right to register a utility model. After the application is filed, any person may make a request at any time. Since the utility model application does not go through substantive examination, it is very important for the applicant to decide whether to file an application on the basis of a thorough search of the existing technology.

3. protection period

The term of protection is 10 years from the date of application.

4. Application Language

Japanese

5. to submit documents

1. The name, address and nationality of the inventor and applicant;

2. Application documents (description, claims, description abstract, description drawings, summary drawings) (Japanese translation);

3. Priority information (priority date, priority number) (if any);

4. Power of Attorney.