IPC, FI and F-term - WIPO - World Intellectual Property….pptVIP

Susumu IWASAKI Examination Policy Planning Office Japan Patent Office Contents Introduction (1)  JPO’s Contribution to the reformed IPC A huge volume of Japanese patent documents 　 (over 400,000 applications per year) Covered in every technical fields Introduction (4)Search index structure for JP patent documents JPO original search tool Subdivision of IPC (around 190,000 items) Covers all technical fields Covers all JP patent documents Backlog reclassification Available in the JPO internal system IPDL Biannual revise to keep pace with technology development What is FI? (3)