Yes, Japan has its own patent system administered by the Japan Patent Office (JPO). Japan is a full member of the World International Patent Organization (WIPO) co-operating closely with the US Patent Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) for example. English language translations of Japanese patents are provided by the JPO, and these typically start e.g. JP7654321 for granted patents, though applications are sometimes hard to find. Japanese patents can be searched for on commercial patent database systems such as Relecura, Innography, PatBase and Thomson Innovation plus others.
JAPIO is an acronym for the Japan Patent Information Organization.
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Use this link to research US Patent Numbers: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm
Josephine is a female name. Patents are assigned numbers.
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Most patents issued today are for improvements on existing products; all you need to do is indicate the patent numbers and titles in the first sentence of the specification in your application.
Numbers can be the serial number, the caliber, the model number or the patent dates. Can you be a little more specific??
United States patent numbers 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535. There are also other issued and pending patents in the United States and worldwide.
Absolutely. The term "patent pending" applied to a product has no legal ramifications. It's just advertising that they are trying to patent the technology that went into the product. Only an issued patent is enforcable. Some products will print patent numbers on their packaging if patents have issued for the technology. You cannot get a patent for something you didn't invent though. Filing a patent application involves signing an oath, and lying under oath is perjury. Patent pending can only be displayed on the product/services, when you have applied for a patent. So, there is no question of applying for a patent while a product is under pending patent. http://indiapatents.blogspot.com
Daisuke Inoue of Japan invented the first karaoke machine but failed to patent it. Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese, coming from "kara" meaning "empty" and "oke", a shortening of "okesutora" the Japanese word for "orchestra". Since Inoue failed to patent the machine, however, the patent was legitimately granted to Roberto del Rosario of the Philippines, who is therefore the patented creator of karaoke machines. Thus, Japan is the nation that invented karaoke and Philippines is the nation that holds the patent right to karaoke machines.
US patents have bar codes that enable automatic scanning devices to detect the bar codes, read them and interpret the numbers represented in the code, such as the patent or application serial number, thus allowing automatic handling of certain patent documents.
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