About INPIT

The INPIT, an Independent Administrative Institution, was established on April 1,2001. The center provides comprehensive information on industrial property. These include gathering and reading official gazettes on industrial property; providing consultations on industrial property; gathering and reading the Japan Patent Office’s industrial property reference materials; and utilizing licensable patents.
In October 2004, the National Center for Industrial Property Information changed its name to the National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training and started providing “information dissemination services” and “human resource development services.”

1. Provision of patent gazettes and other industrial property information, Gathering and management of reference materials, etc.(Reference Library Department)
2. Consultations on industrial property (Industrial Property Consultation Department)
3.  (IP Utilization Promotion Department)
4. Dissemination on Industrial property Information (Information Dissemination Department)
5. Implementation of training for JPO examiners and trial examiners ,Development of human resources engaging in intellectual property services (Training Department & Human Resources Development Department)