Japan & Global - Updates to the Advanced Industrial Property Network

The Japanese Patent Office (JPO) has announced that further countries have been added to the Advanced Industrial Property Network (AIPN). The AIPN provides machine-translated English versions of the JPO’s examination information and results of searches is provided to other countries.

This makes it easier for other patent offices to process Japanese patents and enables Japanese patents to obtain patents more quickly in other countries. Countries that the AIPN is available in include: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Chinese-Taipei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Korea, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, and the European Patent Office (EPO).

Source and further information

Japan Patent Office - Cooperation in the Examination Process: Establishment of an Advanced Industrial Property Network (AIPN)