The JPO(Japan Patent Office) and the INPIT has been working not only on publication of PAJ but also
on development and improvement of service for Patent Information dissemination in English. The PAJ
News No. 44 has an introduction of some aspects of the service in English.

Table of Contents
Ⅰ．Renewal of Legal Status Information
in PAJ/IPDL・・・・・・・２Ⅱ．Official Publication via the Internet
in JPO Website・・・・・・４

Ⅰ．Renewal of Legal Status Information in PAJ / IPDL
Legal status information of PAJ provided via IPDL (English version), which is planned andoperated by the JPO and the INPIT, was renewed in January 2008. In accordance with the renewal,
the year range of information has broadened and the accuracy of data has remarkably improved.
Furthermore, although the legal status information was originally shown at the bottom of PAJ,
it is now displayed in a pop-up window separated from PAJ.

1. How to reach Legal Status Information
http://www19.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/PA1/cgi-bin/PA1INIT?1204508411247

Click here to enter the pageof “Number Search”

As for searching PAJ, text search and numbersearch are available. In case of text search,
you may input necessary key words except for
one letter or stopwords in the blank space andclick “search” button. In case of numbersearch, click “number search” icon to enter
the page of “Number Search”.
The following URL has detail on stopwords:
http://www19.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/PA1/html/PA1stopwords.html＊Click [LEGAL STATUS] icon to getlegal status information displayed in a
pop-up window.

2. What’s in Legal Status Information?
Legal status information includes some major interim progress (ex. Request of examination) andfinal disposition (ex. rejection, registration) of the filed application. Following eight items areincluded in legal status information in PAJ. If any one of them has any data, a number or a datewould be indicated at the relevant part.

For more detail on items in legal status information,please see the “List of Detail of Data items in
Legal Status Information” listed below.

<<< List of Detail of Data items in Legal Status Information >>>Data items
Filing info
Publication info
Detailed info of application

Data
Application number, Filing datePublication number, Publication date
Kind of examiner's decision,
Kind of final decision,
Date of final decision in examination stage

Date of request for examination

Date of request for examination

Date of sending the examiner'sdecision of rejection

Date of sending the examiner's decision of rejection

Appeal/trial info

Appeal/trial number, Date of demand for appeal/trial,
Result of final decision in appeal/trial stage,
Date of final decision in appeal/trial stage

Registration info

Patent number ,Registration Date,
Date of extinction of right

Renewal date of legal status

Renewal date of legal status

Ⅱ．Official Publication via the Internet in the JPO WebsiteKnow about “Official Publication via the Internet”?
The JPO developed the website called the “Official Publication via the Internet” and started
publishing “Registered Utility Model Applications” via the Internet in January 2006. And also,
since there were relatively high demands for the earlier publication for “Registered DesignApplications”, the JPO started publishing them via the Internet in January 2007.

Publication Data in “Official Publication via the Internet”
There are two types of downloadable Publication files via the Internet. They are in ZIP or TAR
archive format. (They differ only in archive formats but their contents are identical.)E-signature
Publication file downloadable via the Internet include E-signature in accordance with RKCS #7
specification. Detail information of E-signature Publication file name is available at the following
URL: http://www.publication.jpo.go.jp/html/e-signature_en.htm

How to use the Internet Publication
１.Top Page of Official Publication via the Internet
http://www.publication.jpo.go.jp/utility/do/usr/topmenu?lang=e

Select a publication type
Click on this icon to go toLatest
Publication the Latest Publication page.
Click on this icon to go toPast
Publication the Past Publication page.

To 2-1.Latest Publication”To 2-2.Past Publication”

2-1. Latest Publication

Select a volume to download
Click either [FTP] or [HTTP] in two kinds of archive format (ZIP or TAR) ofthe publication you desire to download and go to the E-mail Address Entry
page. You may also select a classification of publication either “Publication ofRegistered Utility Model Applications” or “Publication of Registered DesignApplications”

2-2. Past Publication
Example: Publication of Registered Utility Model Applications(1) Select a classification of publication
Select “Publication of Registered Utility
Model Applications” or “Publication ofRegistered Design Applications”
To 3.E-mail Address EntryFrom 2-1.Latest Publication
From 2-2.Past Publication(2) Select a year of publication
Select the year of publication from thepull-down menu () and click the [GO]button.

(3) Select a month / year of publication
Click the Year / Month of publication ofthe Publication to be downloaded.

(4) Select a volume to download
Choose either [FTP] or [HTTP] in the fileformat (zip or tar) of the publication you
desire to download and go to the E-mailAddress Entry page.

To 3.E-mail Address Entry3. E-mail Address Entry

Enter your e-mail addressEnter your e-mail address in the box andclick the [OK] button.

4. Confirmation of the Selected Volume

Confirm your selection
This page shows information on thepublication to be downloaded and the e-mailaddress entered.
Click the link in the File Name column todownload the file. When two or more links
are shown in the File Name column, clickeach link and download all files.