Table of Contents

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New Symbol and Abbreviation ························· ２Ⅱ.

Transfer of tasks from JPO to INPIT ·················· ３

Ⅲ. Report on 24th Annual Trilateral Conference ······ ４
Ⅳ. PAJ Issuance Schedule ········································ ７

Ⅰ．New Symbol and Abbreviation
The National Center for Industrial Property Information andTraining changed the abbreviation to “INPIT” and changed its
symbol to one that suggests a user-friendly organization. The newsymbol and the abbreviation has been in use since January 2007.

New Symbol

Meaning of the New Symbol
The new symbol consists of three letters, I, T, and P, with thefigure in the center representing person and information, which asa whole conveys the image of “diffusion of information” and“growth (development) of human resources.” Its round contours
and soft color combination (green and gray) representintelligence.
(The central figure representing “person” and “information” isgreen, and the three arches and the logo are gray.)

New Logo
The new logo, INPIT, is a combination of letters taken from thekey words of the organization’s English name (National Centerfor Industrial Property Information and Training).

Ⅱ．Transfer of tasks from JPO to INPIT
As a result of their transfer from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) inJanuary 2007, information systems affairs, etc. are now
administered by the National Center for Industrial Property
Information and Training (INPIT), with the aim of further
enhancing the fundamental elements of industrial property systems,“information” and “human resources,” and developing andstrengthening the “environment” for their utilization.
The content of the responsibilities transferred to the INPIT areoutlined below.

Responsibilities Transferred to the INPIT(1) Information systems affairs
By making the best use of its flexible budget control and swiftorganizational operation, the advantages specific toindependent administrative agencies, the INPIT will efficiently
develop and manage the information systems necessary forproviding information services.
(i) Affairs relating to systems for providing information
Development, management and diffusion of electronic filing
softwareDevelopment and operation of the JPO website
Development and management of the official gazette system
Master data management(ii) Affairs relating to the development of the examinationreference database
Collection and organization of reference materials relating todesignand trademark examinations
Compilation of a database of non-patent literature(2) Affairs relating to human resources development
Based on knowledge and experience acquired in the course of

providing training programs for JPO officials, the INPIT will
endeavor to raise awareness of intellectual property among
young people in their capacity as leaders of the 21st century
and support universities in their management of intellectual
property, thereby further promoting the development of humanresources in the field of intellectual property.
(i) Development and distribution of educational materials on
industrial property rights(ii) Dispatch of intellectual property management advisers, etc. touniversities

Ⅲ．Report on 24th Annual Trilateral Conference
1. Introduction
The European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO),
and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) met atthe 24th Trilateral Conference in Tokyo, Japan on 17 November 2006
to discuss their activities to be carried out cooperatively.
The Trilateral Offices have been holding a Trilateral Conference
every year since 1983, with one of these three offices serving as ahost in turn.

2. Highlights of the conference
The Trilateral Offices- identifying timely processing of increased workloads of patentapplications and high-quality examination processes as common
objectives of the Trilateral Offices and its user communities,- recognising the benefits of further promoting mutual exploitationof search and examination results, continuously making efforts toincrease mutual reliability, promoting the reduction of processing

time/cost, and avoiding duplication of work through a co-ordinatedTrilateral approach,- recognising the benefits of developing a common infrastructure
and compatible data for electronic business systems and search tools
and promoting character-coded electronic document format in orderto facilitate co-operative activities,understand as follows:(1) Standard Format
The Trilateral Offices have come to a common understanding withrespect to the draft Standard Format of patent applications in
response to the request from users, after having intensive
discussions at three Working Group meetings in 2006. The
Standard Format approach will make patent filing at all three
Trilateral Offices easier and improve efficiency for both patentapplicants and for the Trilateral Offices.

(2) Enhanced Work-Sharing
The Trilateral Offices recognize the need to take enhanced andconcrete measures to avoid duplication of work among the Offices
and to reduce workload of the Offices and procedural / financial
burden of users.

(3) Re-use of Work Results
Patent Prosecution Highway
The Trilateral Offices confirmed that the Patent Prosecution
Highway (PPH) may enable users to expeditiously obtain a foreign
patent at an early stage and contribute to reducing the examination
workload of an Office.

Utilization of Document Access Tools by the Examiners
In order to promote the mutual exploitation of search andexamination results, the Trilateral Offices are developing theTrilateral Document Access (TDA) system, which enables theexaminers of one Office to electronically access and view thecontents of patent application wrappers filed in other Offices.

(4) Exchange of Priority Documents
The JPO and the USPTO agreed commencement of the priority
document exchange between both offices from July 2007.

(5) Data exchange and quality
The Trilateral Offices unanimously approved the idea proposed by
the USPTO for “Media-less data exchange” which will enable theTrilateral Offices to exchange data without media such as DVD.

(6) Information Dissemination Policies
Public Awareness
The Trilateral Offices confirmed that opportunities of joint
participation were significant providing the TO's with venues
where the results of the trilateral cooperation activities could bequickly and broadly disseminated to users.

Information Dissemination Policies
The Trilateral Offices underlined the strategic importance ofinformation dissemination policies. In particular, the Trilateral
Offices agreed that Information Dissemination has increased
relevance for applicants and the public.
The Trilateral Offices reaffirm the importance of the Trilateralpolicy of free flow of information data at marginal cost and theirwillingness to apply it to any other country provided thereciprocity principle is respected.

(7) Access to Chinese documentation
The Trilateral Offices recognize the strategic importance of accessto the Chinese documents for the examiners and the public.

Further information on the 24th Trilateral Conference can bereached at the Website of the Trilateral Co-operation;

http://www.trilateral.net/conf_sum/

Ⅳ. PAJ Issuance Schedule[2006]
Date ofpublication ofPAJ
Jan. 31 (Tue.)Feb. 28 (Tue.)Mar. 31 (Fri.)
Apr. 26 (Wed.)
May 29 (Mon.)
Jun. 28 (Wed.)
Jul. 27 (Thu.)
Aug.29 (Tue.)
Sep.27 (Wed.)
Oct.27 (Fri.)
Nov.28 (Tue.)
Dec.26 (Tue.)

PAJ
Serialnumberfor theyear
2006-1
2006-2
2006-3
2006-4
2006-5
2006-6
2006-7
2006-8
2006-92006-10
2006-11
2006-12

PAJ index
Total
Numberserialof PAJ
number stored
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144

34,40024,40026,20025,60029,40032,30028,40020,50038,50023,10032,40032,500Coverage
2005-1[121]/2005-12[132]2006-1[133]/2006-3[135]2006-1[133]/2006-6[138]2006-1[133]/2006-9[141][2007]
Date ofpublication ofPAJ
Jan. 29 (Mon.)
Feb. 26 (Mon.)
Mar. 28 (Wed.)

PAJ
Serialnumberfor theyear
2007-1
2007-2
2007-3

PAJ index
Total
Numberserialof PAJ
number stored
145
146
147

33,50029,20027,700Coverage
2006-1[133]/2006-12[144]