New Departments for Patent Abstracts ofJapan and Industrial Property Digital Library
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has currently been issuing Patent Abstracts of Japan(PAJ) and distributing them to the members based on the principle of mutual exchange ofpatent documents and information.
However, the National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (NCIPI),
an independent administrative institution, will take over these tasks from the JPO on October
1, 2004.
Contents and format(MIMOSA format) of PAJ to be issued by the NCIPI will be thesame as those of the JPO.
The NCIPI will also take over tasks for Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) fromthe JPO on and from as well. Accordingly, we will change the present address(http://www.ipdl.jpo.go.jp) to a new address (http://www ipdl.ncipi.go.jp) on October 2004.

Change of the IPDL URL
The NCIPI will succeed to the operations for the IPDL from the JPO, so the present
IPDL top page address will be changed to a new address on October 1, 2004.
Therefore, users who have a link to the IPDL top page and who registered the IPDL
top page address in their list of bookmark are kindly requested to replace the old address
with the new one on and from.
As an interim measure, users can access the IPDL top page by the old address forthe moment, but note that after the interim measure ends, the old address will be unavailable
to access the IPDL top page.

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Change of contacts
As from October 1, 2004, the contacts concerning the IPDL and the PAJ will bechanged as follows.

Please see the reverse
side of the PAJ NewsAs from October 1, 2004
Information Dissemination
Division
National Center for Industrial
Property Information andTraining
4-3,
Kasumigaseki
3-chome,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013 Japan

Until September 30, 2004
Patent information Policy
Division
The Japan Patent Office
4-3,
Kasumigaseki
3-chome,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8915
Japan

Phone +81-3-3503-6051
E-mail PA0670@ncipi.jpo.go.jp&IPDL Help Desk
E-mail helpdesk@ipdl.ncipi.go.jp

Phone +81‑3‑3597‑0330
E mail PA0671@jpo go jp

Change of the PAJ’s CD-ROM labels
We will change the labels of the PAJ’s CD-ROM labels no and from. Below is those.
Left-hand side is the PAJ CD-ROM and the other hand side is the PAJ Index CD-ROM.

PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPANUNEXAMINED APPLICATIONSPATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPANUNEXAMINED APPLICATIONS

PAJ
CD-ROM

２００４（３）

Oct.312004-10［118］

PAJ
CD-ROM
INDEX

Oct.31-2004［2004-［109］/2004-6［114］［2004-******／2004-******］

Since PAJ has not been published as an official gazette, the contents of PAJ is not verified by the JPO.
Therefore, the JPO strongly recommends that the details of the contents should be confirmedby the corresponding original official gazette.

Since PAJ has not been published as an official gazette, the contents of PAJ is not verified by the JPO.
Therefore, the JPO strongly recommends that the details of the contents should be confirmedby the corresponding original official gazette.

The image of new
PAJ CD-ROM

The image of new
PAJ Index CD-ROM

The renewal of the IPDL top pageIn addition, the IPDL top page address will change. Simultaneously, we will renovate
the screen of the IPDL as shown below.
Moreover please refer to “Notice” on the IPDL top page concerning notice how to linkto the IPDL top page.

The new IPDL top pageWhat is the NCIPI?
The predecessor of National Center for Industrial Property Information (NCIPI),
started its service as a library which was established in the General Affairs Department in thePatent Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in 1887.
As Japan joined in “the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property” in
1899, the library has achieved the international status of the central library that provides
gazettes, etc. for public based on the Convention.
Since 1997, it has played a role of the general library disseminating industrial
property information with consultation service for industrial property and encouraging patent
licensing service.
In the 21st century, the global technical development race has got more competitive.
The role of the NCIPI to offer immediately and continuously industrial property information,
namely, systemized cutting-edge science and technology information, has got more
important.
So that the NCIPI has been renovated as an Independent Administrative Institution sinceApril in 2001 for the flexible operation of its tasks.
The center provides comprehensive information on industrial property through a wide
range of measures for encouraging patent licensing, gathering official gazettes on industrial
property, consulting on industrial property, and utilizing licensable patents.
And, the service for PAJ and IPDL and that for human resource development, etc.
will be added to the above service of the NCIPI since October 1, 2004, and in accordancewith this, the NCIPI will become National Center for Industrial Property Information andTraining.

The logo of the NCIPIThe NCIPI stands for National Center for Industrial
Property Information.
This logo means intellectual creation with a stylized “IPI” of
the NCIPI, expressed by a grit pattern. The central part, “P”,
turned into a three-dimensional view, stresses collection ofinformation, etc. with a pointed image. In addition, “I” in both sides,with an image of opening the door, expresses the mission of theNCIPI to earn the trust of users by distributing information freely.
The blue color expresses hope, elaboration, intelligence,spirit of innovation, future, etc. This color stresses the visual
image of this logo (NCIPI) meaning the challenge to the unknown.

New function of FI/F-term search
There has started offering some additional new functions on the IPDL since March, 2004.
1. Design gazette DB (PAJ News No.31)
2. Adoption of the Vienna Classification (PAJ News No.32)
3. New function of FI/F-term search (Current issue)
FI/F-Term Search has improved on the IPDL.
“Publication Date” instead of “Publication year” can be specified to refine search
results in FI/F-term search at the IPDL since March, 2004.
Access to JPO’s website at http://www.jpo.go.jp/, and open “Industrial Property
Digital Library (IPDL)”.

Click here

The IPDL top page is shown on the upper right. Five services are available for Patent& Utility Model search in English. Click on “FI/F-term Search” on IPDL top page to start thesearch.

ＦＩ（File Index）：
The FI (File Index) is a type of classification used within Japan Patent Office tocompile search files and is indicated as [Full IPC (including subgroup symbols) + 3-digit
number and/or a single alphabetical letter].
Additional classification codes are applied to IPC categories in which manypatent documents are filed.
FI Format
ＩＰＣ
ＩＰＣ ＋ File discrimination
ＩＰＣ ＋ Subdivision symbols
ＩＰＣ ＋ Subdivision symbols + Filediscrimination symbols

A21D 2/04
B01D 53/02
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B31B 1/00 301
B65G 1/04 505 A

Ｆ-term：
F-term is an abbreviation for File-forming Term by which patent searches are
conducted by theme codes and term lists covering a prescribed scope of FI categories
with a limited technological field. F-terms are used by examiners at the Patent Office toefficiently search and review similar technologies.
F-term based searches may be carried out by the public via the Industrial
Property Digital Library.
F-term Format
Theme Code + Viewpoint Symbol + Number
5D044DD
11
Theme Code + Viewpoint Symbol + Number + Additional Code2E110GA03.W

As the above screen, it was possible to do noting
but specify a range of Publication Year to narrow
the search before the improvement, however now
it is available up to “Publication Date”.

Entry example

This service would be useful for you to narrow your search, if the number of search
result exceeds 500.