2017.6.5 Patent As of June 9, 2018, the six-month grace period for inventions/designs that have lost novelty will be extended to one year (Japan Patent Act Article 30, Japan Design Act Article 4, Exceptions to Lack of Novelty).
2018.4.23 Patent As of April 1, 2018, The Reduction of Official Fees for Certain Small or New Businesses for a Request for Examination for Patents Has Ended.
2017.12.25 Patent Patent Search Three ONDA TECHNO Searchers won Gold and Bronze certifications of accreditation at the Patent Search Competitions in 2017! ONDA TECHNO also won fourth prize in the group competition.
2017.8.9 Patent The Japan Patent Office (JPO) started the PPH pilot program with the National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile as of August 1, 2017
2017.4.13 Patent The Japan Patent Office (JPO) started the PPH pilot program with the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) and the Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI, Argentina) as of April 1, 2017.
2016.11.4 Others ONDA TECHNO won “Best Patent Law Firm 2016 – Japan” at the 2016 APAC-Insider Legal Awards
2016.10.12 Patent Japanese patent law amendment on the employee’s invention system as of April 1, 2016