UTILITY MODEL

• Procedures for obtaining Utility Model right (flow chart)
1. Paris-Route / Non-Convention Application
2. National Phase Application from PCT Application

• Our Services

• Filing Requirements
1. Paris-Route / Non-Convention Application
2. National Phase Application from PCT Application

• Legal Fees

1. Paris-Route / Non-Convention Application
2. National Phase Application from PCT Application

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B) National Phase Application from PCT Application

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* Our Services *

The attorney and engineers at KOSHIKAWA & Co. have extensive experience in prosecuting Utility Model applications in all fields of technology. Our offices are fully compatible with the Japan Patent Office’s latest electronic filing regulations and can provide our clients with the electronic documents and conversions necessary to file and prosecute Utility Model applications. Since establishment of our Co., it has been handling large numbers of Utility Model applications from its domestic as well as foreign clients.

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* Filing Requirements *

For filing a Japanese utility model application, the following documents/information are required.

1. Paris-Route / Non-Convention Application
2. National Phase Application from PCT Application

1. Invention
1. Specification
2. Claims
3. Abstract
4. Drawings (if needed)

2. Applicant
1. Full name
2. Full address
3. Nationality
3. Inventor(s)
1. Full name
2. Full address
4. Filing Detail
1. Filing date
2. Serial number and the name of the country of the basic application, if the application is a Convention case (Serial number can be submitted later, if it is not available at the time of filing.)
3. Certified copy of priority document (This document has to be filed within sixteen months from the priority date. No extension is possible.)
5. Power of Attorney form
   (which should be executed by a representative of the applicant. No legalization or notarization is necessary.)
Note:
Under the current Japanese practice, an executed Power of Attorney form need not be submitted to the Japan Patent Office for initial filing. Nevertheless, we have been asking our foreign clients to send us an executed Power of Attorney for those cases entrusted to us, for the following reasons:

1. Our receipt of an executed Power of Attorney ensures that we received an explicit legal authorization of the entrusted case from our client, and
2. Our receipt of an executed Power of Attorney enables our immediate submission of the same, which is absolutely necessary when proceeding with withdrawal of the pending application, filing an appeal from the final rejection, an answer to opposition and the like, whenever such occasions arise, apart from initial filing of applications as described above.
Please refer Sample on Power of Attorney menu if needed. (Download)

Examination:
• A utility model registration can be obtained without any substantive examination. An application will be registered after completion of a formality examination.

Request for Technical Evaluation Report:
• A technical evaluation report, prepared by an examiner on the basis of a search of prior art documents, enables an objective judgment to be made about the validity of a registered utility model right. It can be requested by any person at any time after the filing of the application.

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1. A copy of the International Publication (Cover Page for information, Specification, Claims, Abstract and Drawings)
2. PCT Article 19 amendment and/or PCT Article 34 amendment, if any
   
3. A copy of the International Preliminary Examination Report, if any
4. Power of Attorney form (which should be executed by a representative of the applicant. No legalization or notarization is necessary.)
   (Please see the Note of the above item A(5).)
Please refer Sample on Power of Attorney menu if needed. (Download)

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