Introduction

Advanced Industrial Property Network (AIPN) In this service, a variety of the JPO (Japan Patent Office) and NCIPI (National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training) searchable databases are available with a publication number, an application number or a priority number. AIPN provides you with legal status, cited documents (only Japanese ones), English claims & specifications (with machine translation), file wrapper information and the patent family of your requested patent applications.

Contents
1. 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. 1-5. 2. 2-1. 2-2. 2-3. 2-4. Operation procedure AIPN TOP PAGE LOGIN PAGE NUMBER SEARCH PAGE RESULT PAGE DISPLAYING GAZETTES Operation Guide RETRIEVAL OF PATENT FAMILY CHECKING LEGAL STATUS, CITED DOCUMENTS RETRIEVAL OF CLAIMS RETRIEVAL OF FILE WRAPPER INFORMATION

-Appendix1. WHAT IS PATENT FAMILY? 2. DATABASE CONTENTS 3. COUNTRY CODES (WIPO Standard ST.3)

1. Operation procedure
Operational guide is shown below. There are two results of display types. The operation procedure in case of retrieving Patent Family, Legal Status, Cited Documents or Claims is shown below. [AIPN Top Page]
Please Click the Number
Search button.

If you are a Loginattested user, a Login Page will be displayed. Click the "LOGIN" button after entering your User ID and Pass Word.

[Login Page]

The operation procedure

changes into the following two with the retrieving objects. Retrieval of Japanese gazette First, select Search from JAPANESE Application/ Priority/Publication/Patent Number. Second, select or input the following items. 1. Type: Kind of a document number 2. Document Number: A number for retrieval 3. Display Type: Select Patent Family Then, click SEARCH button. Retrieval of All gazettes Click SEARCH button after selecting Search from OTHER Application/Priority Number and entering a number to investigate.

[Number Search Page]

Patent Abstracts of Japan

CLAIMS [Result Page]

Image of Gazette

If you click a document

number, the document will be displayed in another window.

Patent Family Legal Status Cited Documents

The operation procedure at the time of investigating of File Wrapper Information is shown

Please Click the Number

Search button.

[Login Page]

If you are a Loginattested user, a Login Page will be displayed. Click the "LOGIN" button after entering your User ID and Pass Word.

[Number Search Page]

First, select Search from
JAPANESE Application/ Priority/Publication/Patent Number. Second, select or input the following items. 1. Type: Kind of a number for retrieval 2. Document Number: A number for retrieval 3. Display Type: Select File Wrapper Information Then, click SEARCH button.

[Result Page]

If you click any hyper-link,

any item will be displayed.

1-1. AIPN TOP PAGE

AIPN Top Ppge is displayed by accessing to the following URL: URL http://aipn.ipdl.ncipi.go.jp/top.html

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

Two kinds of screens will be displayed depending on the user. Login-attested user: The page requiring entry of a User ID and Pass Word will be displayed. (User IDs and Pass Words are allocated to login-attested users by the JPO.) After logging in, you can proceed to "Number Search" page. IP address-attested user: "Number Search" page will be directly displayed.

The news page is displayed in another window. Date of suspension of service, due to regular maintenance etc. is announced here.

Login-attested user: User IDs and Pass Words are allocated to login-attested users by the JPO. This is the user whose user attestation is difficult due to frequent changes in IP address. IP address-attested user: This is the user who has an IP address recognizable by the JPO and NCIPI. This user is allowed to automatically log in. As for IP address of the user it is necessary to be fixed.

1-2. LOGIN PAGE

In the case of a Login attested user, the following page is displayed.

Navigation buttons

Login form

Navigation buttons

Return to the AIPN top page.

The news page is displayed in another window.

Login form

Please enter the User ID and Pass Word allocated by the JPO. Capital/small letters are distinguished. "NUMBER SEARCH" page will be displayed by clicking the "LOGIN" button.

When a message "Either your user ID or your password is wrong" is displayed, please make sure to input the correct User ID or Pass Word and try again.

1-3. NUMBER SEARCH PAGE

If user authentication is performed, the following page will be displayed.

Navigation buttons

Search form

Navigation button

Return to the AIPN Top Page.

Help page is displayed in another window.

The coverage of the available data is displayed in another window. (JP, US, EP and WO)
Search form

Patent Family, Legal Status, Cited Documents or File Wrapper Information are retrievable from Japanese gazette by using a "publication number", an "application number" or a "priority number" as a search key. Please select the type of document number, input the document number in the query box and select the display type, then click "SEARCH" button.

Patent Family, Legal Status or Cited Documents are retrievable from gazette by using an application number or a priority number as a search key. Please input the number in the query box, and click "SEARCH" button.

Only one document is searchable by a query. Please select "Patent Family" when you search by PCT international publication number as corresponding file wrapper information is not directly accessible. Please select "File Wrapper Information" when you search by Examined Patent Publication (Kokoku) or Examined Utility Model Publication (Kokoku) as corresponding patent family is not accessible.

NUMBER INPUT FORMAT

When you select Search from JAPANESE Application/Priority/Publication/Patent Number, you can use a "publication number", an "application number" or a "priority number" as a search key. Input the number you would like to retrieve as follows. 1) Publication Number
Type A : Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) B : Examined Patent Publication (Kokoku) U : Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai) Y : Examined Utility Model Publication (Kokoku) A : Unexamined Patent Publication based on Int'l Application Input Format G yy YYYY nnnnnnn Note :an era code (1 letter) :Japanese era(2 digits) :year (4 digits) :serial number (maximal 6 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted

Gyy-nnnnnn or YYYY-nnnnnn

e.g. H08-123456 2001-123456 * Heisei = H, Showa = S WO yy YYYY nnnnnn : :year (last 2 digits) :year (4 digits) :serial number (maximal 6 digits) the leading zero can be omitted

A1 : Domestic Re-publication of Int'l Application

WOyy-nnnnnn or WOYYYY-nnnnnn

B : Granted Patent Publication U : Registered Utility Model Publication Y : Granted Utility Model Publication

nnnnnnn

e.g. WO1998-012345 WO98-12345 nnnnnnn :serial number (maximal 7 digits) the leading zero can be omitted e.g. 3000001

2) Application Number
Type Input Format G yy YYYY nnnnnnn Note :an era code (1 digits) :Japanese era(2 digits) :year (4 digits) :serial number (maximal 6 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted

Patent Application/Priority Number Utility Model Application/Priority Number

Gyy-nnnnnn or YYYY-nnnnnn

e.g. H08-123456 2001-123456 * Heisei = H, Showa = S

When you select Search from OTHER Application/Priority Number, you can use either an "application number" or "priority number" as a search key. 1) Application Number(JP, US, EP, WO)
Country Code (*) Input Format CC YYYY nnnnnnn CC-YYYY-nnnnnnn Note :country code (2 letters) :year (4 digits) :serial number (maximal 7 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted

JP US EP

WO

e.g. JP-1998-0123489 EP-1998-310262 WO : YYYY :year (4 digits) CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnnn :serial number (maximal 6 digits) WO-YYYY-CCnnnnnn the leading zero can be omitted e.g. WO-1998-US012345 WO-2000-JP123 * Please refer to Appendix 3."Country Codes" about Country Code.

2) Application Number(other examples)

Country Code (*) LU OA CA NL (Al, Cl) SU TW EA FI (in or before 1999) HR (in or before 1999) IE LV MD (in or before 1999) NO (in or before 1999) CH (in or before 1999) AT (A, B) (in or before 1999) AU CY CS CU CZ (in or before 1999) DK (A) (in or before 1999) HK (A) KE MN PH SG (G) SK TR (A) TT VN YU ZM ZW Input Format Note CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnnnnnnnnn :serial number(maximal 12 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted e.g. LU-90806 CC yy nnnn e.g. EA-960013 :country code (2 letters) :year (last 2 digits) :serial number (4 digits)

CC-nnnnnnnnnnnn

CC-yynnnn

CC nnnnn CC-nnnnnyy yy e.g. CH-302895

:country code (2 letters) :serial number (maximal 5 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted :year (last 2 digits)

* Please refer to Appendix 3."Country Codes" about Country Code.

Country Code (*) GB FR AP (in or before 1999) BE (in or before 1999) BR EE (in or before 1999) ES (in or before 1999) HU MX (A1) MY KR (in or before 1999) LT (in or before 1999) NL (A, B, C, T) RO (in or before 1999) SE SG (in or before 1999) SI (in or before 1999) TR (A1, A2, T1, T2, U) (in or before 1999) ZA DE (A1,A8,A9,B1,B2,B3 C1,C2,C5,D2, R2,R3,T0)

Input Format CC yy nnnnn e.g. GB-9501024

CC-yynnnnn

Note :country code (2 letters) :year (last 2 digits) :serial number (5 digits)

CC-yynnnnn

CC yy nnnnn e.g. GB-9501024

:country code (2 letters) :year (last 2 digits) :serial number (5 digit s)

CC-1yynnnnn

CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnnn :serial number (5 digits) e.g. DE-19500176 CC yy xx :country code (2 letters) :year (last 2 digits) :type of IP right 10 = DE patent application. 11 = PCT patent application in the national phase. 12 = SPC application 20 = Utility models 21 = Utility models resulting from PCT applications 22 = topographies 50 = Patents granted by EPO, filed in German 60 = Patents granted by EPO, filed in English or French :serial number (6 digits)

DE (A1,A8,A9,B1,B2,B3 C1,C2,C5,D2, R2,R3,T0) (on or after 2004)

CC-xxyynnnnnn

DE (D1)

DE (T2)

IT (in or before 1999)

nnnnn e.g. DE-1004001011 CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnnn :serial number (5 digits) CC-5yynnnnn e.g. DE-50000002 CC :country code (2 letters) yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnnn :serial number (5 digits) CC-6yynnnnn e.g. DE-69600024 CC :country code (2 letters) AA :2 Capital letters yy :year(last 2 digits) CC-AAyynnnn nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. IT-AN950005 * Please refer to Appendix 3."Country Codes" about Country Code.

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Country Code (*)

Input Format

IN

CC-AAnnnnyy

Note CC :country code (2 letters) AA :2 Capital letters yy :year (last 2 digits) nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. IN-MA069392 CC nnnnnnn :country code (2 letters) :serial number (maximal 7 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted :year (last 2 digits)

AR BG IL NZ MX (A, U) PL PT (A, U, B, Y) DE (T1) RU (in or before 1999) AT (T) CN ES (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) GR (in or before 1999) HK (A1, A2, A3) PT (T) FI (in or after 2000) HR (in or after 2000) MD (in or after 2000) NO (in or after 2000)

CC-nnnnnnyy

yy e.g. BG-10415700

CC-yynnnnnn

CC yy nnnnnnn

:country code (2 letters) :year (last 2 digits) :serial number (6 digits)

e.g. BG-10415700 CC :country code (2 letters) YYYY :year (4 digits) nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. FI-20000068 CC :country code (2 letters) nnnnn :serial number(maximal 5 digits) the leading zeros can be omitted YYYY :year (4 digits) e.g. CH-19622000

CC-YYYYnnnn

CH (in or after 2000) AT (A, B) (in or after 2000) AP BE CZ DK EE ES LT RO SG SI TR (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000) (in or after 2000)

CC-nnnnnYYYY

CC-YYYYnnnnn

CC YYYY nnnnn

:country code (2 letters) :year (4 digits) :serial number (5 digits)

e.g. AP-200001758

IT (in or after 2000)

RU (in or after 2000) GR (in or after 2000) KR (in or after 2000)

CC :country code (2 letters) AA :2 Capital letters YYYY :year (4 digits) CC-AAYYYYnnnn nnnn :serial number (4 digits) e.g. IT-GE20000074 CC :country code (2 letters) YYYY :year (4 digits) CC-YYYYnnnnnn nnnnnn :serial number (6 digits) e.g. RU-2000001004 * Please refer to Appendix 3."Country Codes" about Country Code.

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RESULT PAGE

When a search has been successfully performed, this page will be displayed.

Navigation buttons Hyper-link for displaying gazettes

Legal status, Cited documents button

File Wrapper Information button

Patent Family button

Navigation buttons

Return to the AIPN Top Page.

Help page is displayed in another window. When the input format of a number is unknown, please refer to this item.

Return to the Number Search Page.

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Legal status, Cited documents button

This button is displayed when the search key number and its patent family data correspond to Japanese publication. When you click any linked number, its legal status and cited documents relevant to the publication are shown in the frame below.
Hyper-link for displaying gazettes

Documents are available in another window by clicking hyper-linked numbers.

File Wrapper Information button

This button is displayed on the screen when the search key number corresponds to Japanese publication. When you click this button, another window pops up to show File Wrapper Information.
Patent Family button

This button is displayed on the screen when the search key number corresponds to Japanese publication. When you click the button, another window pops up to show Patent Family, legal status and cited documents.

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Searched Number Frame

Display item Searched Number

Contents

The search key number is displayed. When the searched number is relating to a Japanese document contained in an official patent gazette, the number is hyperlinked to the relevant Patent Abstracts of Japan (PAJ). The button is displayed in case of the search key number and its family data relevant to the Japanese publication. When you click this botton, its legal status and cited documents relevant to the publication are shown in the frame below.

Patent Family Frame

Patent Family corresponding to the inputted number is listed up.

Display item Kind Publication No.

Contents WIPO ST.16 conformity Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication based on Int'l Application Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai) JP yy-nnnnnn in or before 1999 Or JP YYYY-nnnnnn in or after 2000 yy : Japanese era(2 digits) YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn : serial number Japanese Domestic Re-publication of Int'l Application JP WOyy-nnnnnn in or before 1999 Or JP WOYYYY-nnnnnn in or after 2000 yy : year (last 2 digits) YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnnn:: serial number Japanese Granted Patent Publication Japanese Registered Utility Model Publication Japanese Granted Utility Model Publication JP nnnnnnn nnnnnnn:: serial number Gazette of countries other than Japan CC nnnnnnnnnn CC : country code nnnnnnnnnn: serial number If the number is hyper-linked, the following information is available on another

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Publ.Date Application Number

Appl.Date Related Information

window depending on the kind of document: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai): PAJ Other Japanese gazette: CLAIMS(machine translation) Gazette of countries other than Japan: Image of the gazette Publication date DD.MM.YY CC YYYY-nnnnnnn CC : country code YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnnn : serial number Application date DD.MM.YY (shown only for Japanese publication) The legal status and cited documents relevant to the publication are shown in the frame below.

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Legal Status, Cited Documents Frame

If you click "Legal Status, Cited Documents" button, the following items are displayed.

1) Legal Status, Cited Documents

Display item Contents

This button is displayed in case of the search number relevant to the Japanese publication. When you click this button, another window pops up to show the File Wrapper Information. 2) Legal Status There are 14 items of legal status information and each item is filled with number or date if the data exists.
Display item Date of request for examination Date of sending the examiner's decision of rejection Contents DD.MM.YYYY DD.MM.YYYY If the legal status of the application is settled, one of the following items is shown. invalidation dismissal withdrawal abandonment application converted declining of amendment DD.MM.YYYY nnnnnnn : serial number When the number is clicked, the CLAIMS (machine translation) are displayed. DD.MM.YYYY yy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy : Japanese era(2 digits) nnnnnn : serial number YYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn : serial number DD.MM.YYYY DD.MM.YYYY

Kind of final disposal of application other than the examiner's

Date of final disposal for application Patent number Date of registration

Number of appeal against examiner's decision of rejection

Date of requesting appeal against examiner's decision of rejection Date of extinction of right

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yy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy :Japanese era(2 digits) nnnnnn : serial number Trial or opposition number YYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn: serial number Date of demand for trial or opposition DD.MM.YYYY If the legal status of the application is settled, one of the following items is shown. Remand to Examination Approval for Demand for Trial or Opposition Disapproval for Demand for Trial or Opposition Partial Approval for Demand for Trial or Opposition Termination of Trial or Opposition by Withdrawal of Application Termination of Trial or Opposition by Abdication of Application Termination of Trial or Opposition by Conversion of Application Decision to Grant a Patent in Pretrial Reexamination Termination of Trial or Opposition by New Application after Decision to Decline Amendment Withdrawal of Demand for Trial or Opposition Invalidation of Demand for Trial or Opposition Dismissal by Trial or Opposition Decision Dismissal of Demand for Trial or Opposition Missing Number (Termination of Trial or Opposition by Wrong Delivery etc.) Refusal of Receipt Termination of Opposition Dismissal of Demand for Trial or Opposition (Former Invalidation) DD.MM.YYYY One of the publication numbers is displayed with the selected gazette. Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) Unexamined Patent Publication based on Int'l Application Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai) yy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy : year (last 2 digits) nnnnnn: serial number YYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY -: year (4 digits) nnnnnn: serial number Domestic Re-publication of Int'l Application WOyy-nnnnnn : in or before 1999 yy : year (last 2 digits) nnnnnn : serial number WOYYYY-nnnnnn : in or after 2000 YYYY : year (4 digits) nnnnnn: serial number Granted Patent Publication Registered Utility Model Publication Granted Utility Model Publication A space is displayed. When the number is clicked, the CLAIMS (machine translation) are displayed. Renewal date DD.MM.YYYY

Kind of final disposal of trial or opposition

Date of final disposal of trial or opposition

Publication number

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3) Cited Documents The Kind of the document and document number are displayed for each cited document.
Display item Kind Contents Kind of cited document If the number is hyperlinked, the following information is available on another window depending on the kind of document Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai): PAJ Other Japanese gazette: CLAIMS (machine translation) Gazette of countries other than Japan: Image of gazette If you clicke Patent Family button, another window will pop up to show Patent Family.

Document No.

Patent Family

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1 -5 .

Displaying Gazette
PAJ (Patent Abstracts of Japan)

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

The CLAIMS (machine translation) and DRAWINGS will be displayed.

The image of Japanese official gazette is displayed.

Data Items
Publication number Date of publication of application IPC(Int.Cl) Date of filing Application number Priority number(s) Title of invention Applicant(s) Inventor(s) Abstract

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CLAIMS (machine translation)

Drawing selection Navigation buttons

Item selection link

PDF(whole document) download button

Navigation buttons

If you click "Japanese (PDF)" button, the PDF of Japanese official gazette will be displayed.

If you click "File Wrapper Information" button, the File Wrapper Information will be displayed.
Item selection link

The following parts (machine translation) are available for displaying by clicking the preferable item. *The following parts may be available depending on the document. *When the contents of the gazette are too much, the link of the following parts may not be available.
CLAIMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION TECHNICAL FIELD FIELD OF THE INVENTION PRIOR ART EFFECT OF THE INVENTION TECHNICAL PROBLEM Drawing selection MEANS OPERATION EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS DRAWINGS CORRECTION or AMENDMENT

Selecting the number of the drawing from the pull down menu "Drawing selection" enables you to find the preferable drawing.
* If there are more than 200 drawings in the gazette, only representative drawing will be displayed. PDF(whole document) download button

If you click "Japanese (whole document in PDF)" button, the whole document in PDF format screen will be displayed.

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JPO and NCIPI are not responsible for any damages caused by the use of this translation.
1. This document has been translated by a computer. The translation may not precisely reflect the original application. 2. **** shows words which could not be translated. 3. In drawings, translation cannot be performed.

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Image of Japanese official gazette

Navigation buttons

PDF(whole document) download button

Navigation buttons

If you click "PREVIOUS PAGE" button, the previous page will be displayed. When the current page is the first page of a document, "PREVIOUS PAGE" refers to the last page of the preceding document.

If you click "NEXT PAGE" buttton, the next page will be displayed. When the current page is the last page of a document, NEXT PAGE refers to the first page of the next document. If you click "ENGLISH" button, CLAIMS (machine translation) and DRAWINGS will be displayed. The "ENGLISH" button appears only when the document is published in CD-ROM format.

If you click "JUMP" button, the page specified in the query box will be displayed.

PDF(whole document) download button

If you click "Japanese (whole document in PDF)" button, the whole document in PDF format screen will be displayed.

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Image of the foreign country gazette

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

If you click "PREVIOUS PAGE" button, the previous page will be displayed. When the current page is the first page of the document, "PREVIOUS PAGE" refers to the last page of the preceding document.

If you click "NEXT PAGE" button, the next page will be displayed. When the current page is the last page of the document, "NEXT PAGE" refers to the first page of the next document.

If you click "JUMP" button, the page specified in the query box will be displayed.

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File Wrapper Information (machine translation)

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

If you click "ENGLISH" button, the File Wrapper Information (machine translation) will be displayed.

If you click "JAPANESE" button, the File Wrapper Information in Japanese will be displayed.

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File Wrapper Information

Navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

If you click "ENGLISH" button, the File Wrapper Information (machine translation) will be displayed.

If you click "JAPANESE" button, the File Wrapper Information in Japanese will be displayed.

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2. Operation Guide
From a certain publication number or application number or priority number, the example of operation at the time of investigating Patent Family, Legal Status, Cited Documents, Claims, File Wrapper Information is shown below.

2-1. Retrieval of Patent Family

When you want to search for the patent family of a certain publication number "1998-197348".

AIPN TOP PAGE

If you click "NUMBER SEARCH" button, the "NUMBER SEARCH" page will be displayed.

Number Search PAGE

Select the type of the document number and input the document number you want to search. In this example, select "A: Unexamined Patent Publication(Kokai)" and input Select either File Wrapper Information or Patent Family you want to display. In this example, select "Patent Family".

Click the "SEARCH" button.

Result Page

List of the patent family applications. When all of the patent family applications cannot be listed up in a frame, a scroll bar will be displayed on the right hand side.

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When you want to search for the patent family of a certain application number(priority number) "JP 1998-010913"
AIPN TOP PAGE

If you click "NUMBER SEARCH" button, the "NUMBER SEARCH" page will be displayed.

Number Search PAGE

Input the number of an application you want to search. In this example, input "JP-1998-010913"

Click the "SEARCH" button.

Result Page

The list of the patent family of the searched number JP-1998-010913. When all of the patent family applications cannot be listed up in a frame, a scroll bar will be displayed on the right hand side.

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2-2. Checking Legal Status, Cited Documents

When you want to search for the legal status of the application "JP 1998-010913" and its cited documents:

Result Page

Legal status and cited documents

Only in the case of Japanese document, legal status and cited documents will be displayed. They may be unavailable even for Japanese document if the data doesnt exist.

When you want to search for the legal status of the patent family "JP 11-149" and its cited documents:
Result Page

Please click above button. The legal status of the patent family "JP 11-149" and the cited documents are displayed in the frame below.

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2-3. Retrieval of Claims

When you want to search for the claims of the searched number "JP-2000-166172":

1.Result Page

Please click the hyper-link of the application number

2.PAJ is displayed

PAJ (Patent Abstracts of Japan) of the searched application number "JP 2000-166172" is displayed in another

Please click above button to see English translation of the whole document.

3.CLAIMS is displayed

The claims of searched application number "JP 2000-166172" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the claims of the searched number "JP-2000-166172" from its legal status:

1.Result Page

Please click a number in the legal status. In this example, the number is "JP 2000-166172".

2. CLAIMS is displayed

The claims of the searched application number "JP 2000-166172" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the claims of patent family "JP 11-149":
1.Result Page

Please click a number in the patent family. In this example, the number is "JP 11-149".

2.CLAIMS is displayed

The claims of the patent family "JP 11-149" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the claims of cited documents "JP 06-94428" of searched number "JP 1994-217476"from

legal status of cited documents:

1.Result Page

Please click above button.

2.Cited Documents is displayed

The legal status of cited documents "JP 06-94428" of the application number "JP 1994-217476" will be displayed in another window. Click the publication number "1994-094428".

3.CLAIMS is displayed

The claims of the publication number "JP 06-94428" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the claims of cited documents "JP 06-94428" of searched number "JP 1994-217476"

from the document number of the cited documents:

1. Result Page

Please click a number in the cited documents. In this example, the number is "JP 06-94428".

2. PAJ is displayed

PAJ (Patent Abstracts of Japan) of the searched application number "JP 06-94428" will be displayed in another window.

Please click above button.

3.CLAIMS is displayed

The claims of the publication number "JP 06-94428" will be displayed in another window.

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2-4. Retrieval of File Wrapper Information

When you want to search for the File Wrapper Information of the application number (priority number) "1997-153303":

If you click "NUMBER SEAECH" button, the "NUMBER SEAECH" page will be displayed.

Number Search PAGE

Select the type of the document number and input the document number you wish to retrieve. Here, select "Patent Application/ Priority Number" and input

Select either File Wrapper Information or Patent Family you wish to display. Here, select "File Wrapper Information".

Please click above button.

File Wrapper Information is displayed

The File Wrapper Information of the application number "1997-153303" will be displayed in another window.

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When you want to search for the File Wrapper Information of the searched number "1997-153303":

1.Result Page

Please click above button.

2. File Wrapper Information is displayed

The File Wrapper Information of the application number "1997-153303" will be displayed in another window.

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Appendix 1. What is Patent Family?

Generally, when patent application is filed to two or more countries based on the Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property, these patents and patent applications form a "patent family."

P-1

P-2

P-3

P-4

P-5

P-6

In the upper model, P-2 and P-3 have P-1 as a common priority number. P-4 and P-5 have P-2 as a common priority number. P-6 has P-3 as a priority number. The patent family that AIPN defines is explained based on the upper model. 1) When you use the application number P-1 or the priority number P-1 as a search key:

P-1

The document P-1 which has P-1 as its application number is found.

P-2

P-3

P-2 and P-3 which have P-1 as priority number are found.

P-4

P-5

P-6

P-1, P-2, and P-3 form a patent family. 1) When you use the application number P-2 or the priority number P-2 as a search key:

P-1

The document P-2 which has P-2 as its application number is found.

P-2

P-3

The document P-3 which shares P-1 as priority number with P-2 is found. P-4 and P-5 which have P-2 as a priority number are found.

P-4

P-5

P-6

P-2, P-3, P-4 and P-5 form a patent family.

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2.

Database Contents

Data of applications from each country since 1995 is stored in AIPN database. Examples of available data as of August 2006 are as follows:
Country Code JP (JPO) Kind A B B1 B2 T T1 U total A A1 A2 A9 B1 B2 C1 E E1 F1 H H1 P P1 P2 P3 S S1 Total A1 A2 A3 A4 A8 A9 B1 B2 B8 B9 Total A1 A2 A3 A8 A9 B1 B8 B9 Total Number of cases 2,845,931 9 2,062 306,807 156,433 33 1,887 3,313,162 574,612 627,659 95 258 391,160 175,049 126 1,284 1,363 5 281 153 2,243 1,105 2,862 498 2 56,902 1,835,657 468,053 261,532 153,075 47,044 482 278 192,771 595 277 349 1,124,456 537,035 147,115 115,963 12,512 14,348 5,092 256 60 832,381 note Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) Examined Patent Publication (Kokoku) Granted Patent Publication Granted Patent Publication Unexamined Patent Publication based on Intl Application Translation Document laid open to public inspection Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai)/ Registered Utility Model Publication PATENT PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (Republication) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION(Utility Patent Application) PATENT (No pre-grant publication) PATENT (pre-grant publication) REEXAMINATION CERTIFICATE REISSUE PATENT REISSUE PATENT Corrected Reissue STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION PLANT PATENT PLANT PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION PLANT PATENT (No pre-grant publication) PLANT PATENT (pre-grant publication) Design Patent Design Patent APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH SEARCH REPORT APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITHOUT SEARCH REPORT SEARCH REPORT SUPPLEMENTARY SEARCH REPORT Corrected title page of an A-document Complete reprint of an A-document PATENT SPECIFICATION NEW PATENT SPECIFICATION Corrected title page of a B-document Complete reprint of a B-document Published with the international search report Published without the international search report Published with revised version of the front page of the pamphlet Modified first page Complete corrected document Published of amended claims Second modification of the First page Correction of a Complete Corrected Document

US (USPTO)

EP (EPO)

WO (WIPO)

At present, in addition to the data shown above, the available data amounts to about 7 million items from over 50 nations, with 1.5 million items added each year.

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3. Country Codes (WIPO Standard ST.3)

LIST OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, IN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE OF THEIR SHORT NAMES, AND THEIR CORRESPONDING CODES AFGHANISTAN .................................................. AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) ................................. AFRICAN REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) ......... ALBANIA ............................................................ ALGERIA ............................................................ ANDORRA .......................................................... ANGOLA ............................................................. ANGUILLA ......................................................... ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA .............................. ARGENTINA ....................................................... ARMENIA ........................................................... ARUBA ................................................................ AUSTRALIA ....................................................... AUSTRIA ............................................................ AZERBAIJAN ..................................................... BAHAMAS .......................................................... BAHRAIN ............................................................ BANGLADESH ................................................... BARBADOS ........................................................ BELARUS ............................................................ BELGIUM ............................................................ BELIZE ................................................................ BENELUX TRADEMARK OFFICE (BBM) AND BENELUX DESIGNS OFFICE (BBDM) BENIN .................................................................. BERMUDA ........................................................ BHUTAN ............................................................. BOLIVIA ............................................................. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ........................ BOTSWANA ....................................................... BOUVET ISLAND .............................................. BRAZIL ............................................................... BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ................................. BULGARIA ......................................................... BURKINA FASO ................................................. BURUNDI ............................................................ CAMBODIA ........................................................ CAMEROON ....................................................... CANADA ............................................................. CAPE VERDE ..................................................... CAYMAN ISLANDS .......................................... CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ..................... CHAD .................................................................. CHILE .................................................................. CHINA ................................................................. COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY OFFICE (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY(CPVO) .. COLOMBIA ......................................................... COMOROS .......................................................... CONGO (see Congo, below; Democratic Republic of the Congo) AF OA AP AL DZ AD AO AI AG AR AM AW AU AT AZ BS BH BD BB BY BE BZ BX BJ BM BT BO BA BW BV BR BN BG BF BI KH CM CA CV KY CF TD CL CN QZ CO KM CONGO ............................................................... COOK ISLANDS .............................................. COSTA RICA ..................................................... CTE DIVOIRE ................................................ CROATIA ........................................................... CUBA .................................................................. CYPRUS ............................................................. CZECH REPUBLIC ............................................ DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLICOF KOREA .................................... DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO . DENMARK ......................................................... DJIBOUTI ........................................................... DOMINICA ......................................................... DOMINICAN REPUBLIC .................................. ECUADOR .......................................................... EGYPT ................................................................ EL SALVADOR .................................................. EQUATORIAL GUINEA ................................... ERITREA ............................................................ ESTONIA ............................................................ ETHIOPIA ........................................................... EURASIAN PATENT ORGANIZATION (EAPO) .............................................................. EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) .............. FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) ............. FAROE ISLANDS ............................................ FIJI ...................................................................... FINLAND ............................................................ FRANCE ............................................................. GABON ............................................................... GAMBIA ............................................................. GEORGIA ........................................................... GERMANY ......................................................... GHANA ............................................................... GIBRALTAR ...................................................... GREECE ............................................................. GREENLAND ..................................................... GRENADA .......................................................... GUATEMALA .................................................... GUINEA .............................................................. GUINEA-BISSAU .............................................. GUYANA ............................................................ HAITI .................................................................. HOLY SEE ........................................................ HONDURAS ....................................................... HONG KONG (See The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China) HUNGARY ......................................................... ICELAND ............................................................ INDIA .................................................................. INDONESIA ....................................................... CG CK CR CI HR CU CY CZ KP CD DK DJ DM DO EC EG SV GQ ER EE ET EA EP FK FO FJ FI FR GA GM GE DE GH GI GR GL GD GT GN GW GY HT VA HN

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INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THEWORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) ......................... IB, WO IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF ........................ IR IRAQ .................................................................... IQ IRELAND ............................................................ IE ISRAEL ................................................................ IL ITALY .................................................................. IT JAMAICA ............................................................ JM JAPAN ................................................................. JP JORDAN .............................................................. JO KAZAKHSTAN ................................................... KZ KENYA ................................................................ KE KIRIBATI ............................................................ KI KOREA (see Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea; Republic of Korea) KUWAIT .............................................................. KW KYRGYZSTAN ................................................... KG LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ... LA LATVIA ............................................................... LV LEBANON ........................................................... LB LESOTHO ............................................................ LS LIBERIA .............................................................. LR LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA ......................... LY LIECHTENSTEIN ............................................... LI LITHUANIA ........................................................ LT LUXEMBOURG .................................................. LU MACAU ............................................................... MO MACEDONIA (see The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) MADAGASCAR .................................................. MG MALAWI ............................................................. MW MALAYSIA ......................................................... MY MALDIVES ......................................................... MV MALI .................................................................... ML MALTA ................................................................ MT MAURITANIA .................................................... MR MAURITIUS ........................................................ MU MEXICO .............................................................. MX MOLDOVA (see Republic of Moldova) MONACO ............................................................ MC MONGOLIA ........................................................ MN MONTSERRAT ................................................... MS MOROCCO .......................................................... MA MOZAMBIQUE .................................................. MZ MYANMAR ......................................................... MM NAMIBIA ............................................................ NA NAURU ................................................................ NR NEPAL ................................................................. NP NETHERLANDS ................................................. NL NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ............................. AN NEW ZEALAND ................................................. NZ NICARAGUA ...................................................... NI NIGER .................................................................. NE NIGERIA ............................................................. NG NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ................... MP NORWAY ............................................................ NO OFFICE FOR HARMONIZATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET (TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS) .................. EM

OMAN ................................................................. OM PAKISTAN ......................................................... PK PALAU ................................................................ PW PANAMA ............................................................ PA PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...................................... PG PARAGUAY ....................................................... PY PATENT OFFICE OF THE COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF (GCC) ........................................ GC PERU ................................................................... PE PHILIPPINES ...................................................... PH POLAND ............................................................. PL PORTUGAL ........................................................ PT QATAR ............................................................... QA REPUBLIC OF KOREA ..................................... KR REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ............................... MD ROMANIA .......................................................... RO RUSSIAN FEDERATION .................................. RU RWANDA ........................................................... RW SAINT HELENA ................................................ SH SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ............................... KN SAINT LUCIA .................................................... LC SAINT VINCENT ANDTHE GRENADINES ... VC SAMOA ............................................................... WS SAN MARINO .................................................... SM SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ............................. ST SAUDI ARABIA ................................................. SA SENEGAL ........................................................... SN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO YU SEYCHELLES .................................................... SC SIERRA LEONE ................................................. SL SINGAPORE ....................................................... SG SLOVAKIA ......................................................... SK SLOVENIA ......................................................... SI SOLOMON ISLANDS ........................................ SB SOMALIA ........................................................... SO SOUTH AFRICA ................................................ ZA SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS .................................... GS SPAIN ................................................................. ES SRI LANKA ........................................................ LK SUDAN ............................................................... SD SURINAME ........................................................ SR SWAZILAND ..................................................... SZ SWEDEN ............................................................ SE SWITZERLAND ................................................. CH SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC .............................. SY TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA .................... TW TAJIKISTAN ...................................................... TJ TANZANIA (see United Republic of Tanzania) THAILAND ........................................................ TH THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA ................................................. MK THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA ................. HK TIMORLESTE.. TL TOGO .................................................................. TG TONGA ............................................................... TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ............................... TT

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TUNISIA .............................................................. TURKEY .............................................................. TURKMENISTAN .............................................. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ...................... TUVALU ............................................................. UGANDA ............................................................ UKRAINE ............................................................ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES .............................. UNITED KINGDOM ........................................... UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA ............... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ...................... URUGUAY .......................................................... UZBEKISTAN .....................................................

TN TR TM TC TV UG UA AE GB TZ US UY UZ

VANUATU ......................................................... VU VATICAN CITY STATE (See Holy See) VENEZUELA ..................................................... VE VIET NAM .......................................................... VN VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH ............................ VG WESTERN SAHARA ......................................... EH WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) (INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF) .............WO, IB YEMEN ............................................................... YE ZAMBIA ............................................................. ZM ZIMBABWE ....................................................... ZW

LIST OF STATES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXISTED ON JANUARY 1, 1978, BUT THAT NO LONGER EXIST

Czechoslovakia ..................................................... CS Democratic Yemen ............................................... SY/YD German Democratic Republic .............................. DL/DD International Patent Institute ................................. IB Soviet Union ......................................................... SU

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