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Question 1

Under Article 29(1) of the Japan Patent Act, which standard determines whether an invention satisfies the novelty requirement?

The invention must not have been publicly known, publicly worked, or described in a distributed publication or made available over telecommunications lines, anywhere in the world, before the filing of the application The invention must not have been publicly known only within Japan before the filing of the application The invention must not have been described in a Japanese-language publication before the priority date The invention must be commercially successful and not previously sold in Japan

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Question 2

An invention could have been easily made by a person ordinarily skilled in the art based on prior art available before filing. Which provision bars its patenting and on what ground?

Article 39, because an earlier identical application exists Article 32, because the invention is contrary to public order Article 29(1), for lack of novelty Article 29(2), for lack of an inventive step

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Article 29(2), for lack of an inventive step

Question 3

Two applicants independently file applications claiming the identical invention on different days. Under Article 39 of the Patent Act, who is entitled to the patent?

The applicant who first reduced the invention to practice The applicant who first conceived the invention Only the applicant who filed earliest in time Both applicants, who must share the patent equally

Correct Answer:

Only the applicant who filed earliest in time

Question 4

An inventor presented her invention at an academic conference, then wished to preserve patentability. Under the Patent Act grace-period provision (Article 30), what must she do?

File a Japanese patent application within six months of the disclosure with no formalities Register the disclosure with the JPO before presenting at the conference File a Japanese patent application within one year of the disclosure and assert the exception, with the prescribed proof Do nothing, because academic disclosures never count as prior art in Japan

Correct Answer:

File a Japanese patent application within one year of the disclosure and assert the exception, with the prescribed proof

Question 5

Within what period from the filing date may an applicant or any third party request substantive examination of a Japanese patent application under Article 48-3?

Three years from the filing date Seven years from the filing date One year from the filing date Examination is automatic and no request is needed

Correct Answer:

Three years from the filing date

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