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Chief Advisor: Patent and Trademark Attorney Teruhide SUKESUE
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Semiconductor Circuit Layout Support Station

 
Japanese Information Overseas Information Staff
 

Greeting

The purpose of the registration for establishment of a circuit layout right based on “The Act Concerning the Circuit Layout of Semiconductor Integrated Circuit” is to promote the stability of the circuit layout trading by protecting the right of the creator of the circuit layout (including circuitry elements and lead wires) as a Circuit Layout Right from illegal copies and thereby to contribute to the sound development of the national industry and economy.

After the registration for establishment, a circuit layout right is created. The holder of a circuit layout right shall have the exclusive right to use the circuit layout for which registration for establishment is obtained for business purposes such as manufacturing and assignment.

The registration for establishment of a circuit layout right started in 1986, and the following chart shows the statistics on the number of application since 1986 through 2006. (as of the year-end 2006)

  1986～1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 总计
Application 5,471 581 432 427 462 321 283 358 233 139 119 94 58 92 9,070
Rejection 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Withdrawal 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Transfer 0 18 30 0 7 1 0 0 258 0 1 0 0 0 315
Inspection 326 22 23 31 15 8 0 12 7 0 2 0 21 1 468
Copy 56 5 1 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 11 4 0 94

The following chart shows the number of application on country-by-country basis. (as of the year-end 2006)


  1986～1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 总计
Japan 4,903 531 389 371 427 288 261 336 231 136 119 94 55 92 8,233
U.S.A. 454 18 27 43 30 22 19 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 634
Netherlands 42 23 14 12 5 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 107
Germany 37 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
U.K. 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Sweden 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
France 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9
Korea 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 5,471 581 432 427 462 321 283 358 233 139 119 94 58 92 9,070

Our legal department and patent technical staff will introduce you to the system of registration for establishment of a circuit layout right. We hope this could be some help for your further understanding of this system.

Regal Department Chief
Patent Attorney Teruhide Sukesue
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