The JPO has now announced plans to improve the dictionary for the automatic translation tool and extend the availability of machine translations to cover granted patents as well. FI and F-term searches in English will also be possible. To facilitate the search for trade marks in the IPDL, a keyword-searchable reference list of trade mark classes and the goods and services described by them has been made available in English. Users have access to Japanese patent documents from January 1955 onwards and Japanese utility models from January 1960 onwards. All of the steps in the examination procedure as well as grant and post-grant information are recorded in detail.
Every step is assigned a specific legal status code.
These codes have been translated by Japio.