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WIPO Standard ST.

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8: IPC symbols on machine-readable records

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WIPO Standard ST.

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9: Bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs

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JPO neither employs microform nor will employ it in the future.

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WIPO Standard ST.

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10: Published patent documents

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JPO neither employs microform nor will employ it in the future.

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WIPO Standard ST.

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A: Format of patent documents

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?JPO neither employs microform nor will employ it in the future.

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WIPO Standard ST.

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Layout of bibliographic data components

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JPO neither employs microform nor will employ it in the future.

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WIPO Standard ST.

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C: Presentation of bibliographic data components

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JPO neither employs microform nor will employ it in the future.

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WIPO Standard ST.

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D: Physical characteristics of patent documents

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO neither employs microform nor will employ it in the futurepuslishes only online gazettes and has no plan to publish paper versions.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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11:  Minimum of indexes to be inserted in patent gazettes

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4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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12: Preparation of abstracts of patent documents

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4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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12/A: Abstracts of patent documents

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

As to the restriction about the number of words, Japanese does not fit the restriction in ST.12/A. Also, JPO has no provision for chemicals. JPO has no plan to  comply with ST.12A.

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WIPO Standard ST.

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Categorized patent

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abstract

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Although abstracts are categorized in JPO, it does not comply with ST.12B and JPO does not have a plan to change existing categories to comply with ST.12/B.

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WIPO Standard ST.

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Physical characteristics of separately published abstracts

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO neither employs abstract cards nor will employ them in the future.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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Numbering of applications for IPRs

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO has employed JPO's own numbering system since the time long before the establishment of ST.13 and has no plan to change our numbering system.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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14: References cited in patent documents

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JPO complies with it in ISR, but not always complying with it in domestic office actions.

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO puslishes only online gazettes and has no plan to publish paper versions.

4. Comments (4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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Titles of inventions in patent

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documents

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While there is a corresponding rule that the title of the invention must be simple and clear, this rule does not completely comply with ST.15.

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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Identification of

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different kinds of patent

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documents 

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WIPO Standard ST.

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17: Coding of headings of announcements made in official gazettes

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

As to the restriction about the number of words, Japanese does not fit the restriction in ST.12/A. Also, JPO has no provision for chemicals. JPO has no plan to  comply with ST.12AJPO displays with kind code of ST.16 instead of code of ST.17 in JPO gazettes and has no plan to display with code of ST.17.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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18: Patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Although abstracts are categorized in JPO, it does not comply with ST.12B and JPO does not have a plan to change existing categories to comply with ST.12/B.

4. 4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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19: Indexes issued by IPO

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO neither employs abstract cards nor will employ them in the future.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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20: Name indexes to patent documents

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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?JPO has employed JPO's own numbering system since the time long before the establishment of ST.13 and has no plan to change our numbering system.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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21: Reduction of volume of priority documents

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JPO complies with it in ISR, but not always complying with it in domestic office actions.

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

In view of readability of documents, JPO does not employ measures that aim at reducing the volume and has no plan to employ the measures in the future.

4. Comments (optional)4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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Authoring of

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patent applications for the purpose of OCR

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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

While there is a corresponding rule that the title of the invention must be simple and clear, this rule does not completely comply with ST.15.

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Japanese is not subject to ST.22.

4. 4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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Presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO displays with kind code of ST.16 instead of code of ST.17 in JPO gazettes and has no plan to display with code of ST.17.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.18: Patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals

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WIPO Standard ST.19: Indexes issued by IPO

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WIPO Standard ST.20: Name indexes to patent documents

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WIPO Standard ST.21: Reduction of volume of priority documents

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

In view of readability of documents, JPO does not employ measures that aim at reducing the volume and has no plan to employ the measures in the future.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.22: Authoring of patent applications for the purpose of OCR

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3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Japanese is not subject to ST.22.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.25: Presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings

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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?Although CWS officially adopted ST.26 at its reconvened 4th session held in March 2016, it also requested that each office postpone the prepartion for the implementation of ST.26 until the proposal on the migration from ST.25 to ST.26 was agreed on at the next CWS session in 2017. Responding to this request, JPO does not implement ST.26 and employs ST.25 instead for now.  

4. Comments (optional)

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 ST.27: Recommendation for the Exchange of Patent Legal Status Data

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?Although CWS officially adopted ST.26 at its reconvened 4th session held in March 2016, it also requested that each office postpone the prepartion for the implementation of ST.26 until the proposal on the migration from ST.25 to ST.26 was agreed on at the next CWS session in 2017. Responding to this request, JPO does not implement ST.26 and employs ST.25 instead for now.  

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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31: Character sets for the exchange of

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO neither uses magneic tapes for the exchage of data nor will use them in the futurehas no plan to address special letters with codes.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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32: Markup of patent documents using SGML

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO employs a XML format based on ST.36 and has no plan to address special letters with codesemply a SGML format.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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33: Data exchange of facsimile information of patent documents

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1. Is the Standard implemented in your Office's/Organization's practice? (Please choose one of the options below)

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO employs a XML format based on ST.36 and has no plan to emply a SGML formatJPO neither transmits image data in ST.33 form nor will do so in the future.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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Recording of application numbers in electronic form

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

JPO neither transmits image data This section is not applicable to JPO as there is no operation described in ST.33 form nor will do so in the future34.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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35: Data exchange of mixed-mode published patent information on MMMT

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

This section is not applicable to JPO as there is no operation described in ST.34.of data exchange with a magnetic tape.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO Standard ST.

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Processing of patent information

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using XML

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  •  Not Implemented

2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

This section is not applicable to JPO as there is no operation of data exchange with a magnetic tape.

4. Comments (optional)

WIPO

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37: Recommendation for an Authority File of Published Patent Documents

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2. If the answer was "Partly", please explain your Office's/Organization's practice briefly:

3. If the answer was "Not Implemented", does your Office/Organization plan to implement the Standard?

4. Comments (optional)

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