Education

With the aim of developing human resources that will support intellectual property services so as to promote expeditious examination/trial examination at the JPO, formulation of intellectual property strategies at companies, and proper protection and utilization of intellectual property rights, the department implements the following training.

The department constantly implements necessary training for smooth performance of services at the JPO, and in particular, provides proper training on a timely basis in response to the changes in the environment affecting the industrial property administration, including the mass recruitment of fixed-term JPO examiners and the need for highly specialized knowledge on laws and international relations, as well as rapid progress in advanced technology. The department also makes efforts to effectively implement necessary training for the development of human resources that will support SMEs and venture companies in formulating intellectual property strategies.

The department provides people other than JPO staff who engage in industrial property services at registration search agencies with training based on know-how accumulated through the enforcement of examination/trial examination.

The department provides people engaging in intellectual property services in general, including JPO staff, with opportunities to mutually improve their skills and knowledge with the use of information communication technology, and enhance such training opportunities in terms of quantity and quality, thereby promoting the development of human resources that are well versed in intellectual property services.

“PATENT STUDIES” has been published by the National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (INPIT) in order to promote public understanding on the importance of the industrial property system and to stimulate basic studies on this subject.
The following English translations of the original Japanese articles are provided by INPIT solely for reference. INPIT is entirely responsible for any errors in expressions or descriptions of the translation. Should there be any discrepancy between the English translation and the Japanese original, the latter shall prevail.

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[Contacts]
Patent Research Office
National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training"
E-mail: PA9305@inpit.jpo.go.jp