April [General] Newsletter

The Japan Patent Office will exhibit at the Osaka Kansai Expo

The Japan Patent Office has opened a "Special Site for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo" on its website. The title above is a declaration that is prominently displayed there. Detailed information will be posted in due course, and at present, all that is posted is the planned dates (Thursday, October 2, 2025 to Friday, October 10, 2025) and the exhibition concept of "Feel, Experience, and Participate." However, this is the first time that the Japan Patent Office has participated in an Expo, so it is one to keep an eye on.

The 5th ASEAN-Japan Patent Experts Meeting

On February 26, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the intellectual property offices of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held the 5th Japan-ASEAN Patent Experts Meeting online. The new themes of this meeting were "Patent Examination Practices in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Fields" and "Quality Control of Patent Examinations." Regarding "Patent Examination Practices in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Fields," an interim report was given on a survey conducted by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in cooperation with the JPO and ASEAN countries, and the contents of the examination standards of the ASEAN intellectual property offices and the judgments of each office in hypothetical cases were reported. Participants also participated in a question-and-answer session regarding the trend of revisions to examination standards.

Through this meeting, the JPO will encourage ASEAN countries to continuously improve patent examination operations and quality control, and will promote cooperation to further enhance the patent systems of ASEAN countries.

https://www.jpo.go.jp/news/ugoki/202502/2025022803.html

Green Transformation Technology Indicator (GXTI)

GXTI is a technology classification table created by the Japan Patent Office to provide an overview of technologies related to Green Transformation (GX), and many people are likely already familiar with it. Recently, links to the J-PlatPat search screen for each GX technology have been made public. When you click on a link in the GX technology classification table on the website below, you will be taken to the J-PlatPat search screen where the search formula for that GX technology classification is automatically entered, and all you have to do is add search conditions and click the search button. This is a very useful function for those who want to search for documents related to GX technology, so we highly recommend that you use it.

https://www.jpo.go.jp/resources/statistics/gxti-gaiyo.html#gxti_kubunhyou

Newsletter translated into English

Japan Patent Office to Exhibit at Expo 2025 in Osaka

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has launched a special section of its website regarding Expo 2025, which will be held in Osaka/Kansai. This section of the website prominently announces that the JPO will exhibit at the Expo. Detailed information will be posted as it becomes available. 2) and the exhibition concept of “Experience, Experience, Participate,” it is noteworthy that this is the first time the JPO is participating in an Expo.

5th ASEAN-Japan Patent Experts Meeting

On February 26, 2025 the 5th ASEAN-Japan Patent Experts Meeting between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the intellectual property offices of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries was held in an online format. At this meeting, “Patent Examination Practice in the Fields of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology” and “Quality Control of Patent Examinations” were taken up as new topics. Regarding “Patent Examination Practice in the Fields of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology,” an interim report was presented on a research project conducted by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in cooperation with the JPO and ASEAN countries, and reports were made on the examination standards of the IP Offices of ASEAN countries and the decisions of the Offices in hypothetical cases. In addition, participants asked and answered questions about trends in the revision of examination standards.

Through this meeting, the JPO will continue to encourage ASEAN countries to improve the operation and quality control of patent examinations, and will continue to cooperate with ASEAN countries to further enhance their patent systems.

https://www.jpo.go.jp/news/ugoki/202502/2025022803.html

Green Transformation Technology Category Table (GXTI)

Many readers may already be familiar with the GXTI, a technology classification table created by the Japan Patent Office to provide an overview of technologies related to green transformation (GX). Recently, links have been added which take the user to the J-PlatPat search screen for each GX technology. By clicking a link in the GX technology category table found at the address below, the user will be transferred to the J-PlatPat search screen where the search formula for that GX technology category is automatically filled in. This is a very convenient function for those who want to search for GX technology-related literature.

https://www.jpo.go.jp/resources/statistics/gxti-gaiyo.html#gxti_kubunhyou