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Fumitomo Hide, Ph.D. How to Read Japanese Patents |
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As we discussed in the
Introduction to Japanese Patents section, your preferred source of
timely technical information is likely to be the unexamined patent
application publications (A).
Fig. 2 shows the 1st page of an unexamined patent application publication (A). You can tell by looking at field 12 at the top center of the page which shows 6 characters followed by "A".
Fig. 2: First page of an unexamined patent application publication You can easily obtain an English translation of the abstract. Field 11 at the top right of the page is the publication number, Heisei 7-64048. Heisei 7 is the 7th year in the Heisei era and corresponds to 1995 in the Western calendar. Table 2 lists the correspondence between the Showa and Heisei eras to the Western calendar.
Table 2: Japanese - Western Calendar Correspondence The JPO database contains Kokai publications (A) starting from 1971 (Showa 46). Kokai publication numbers contain the year in which it was published followed by a serial number. Starting with the year 2000, the Western years are used in the Kokai publication (A) numbers. To obtain an English abstract from the JPO database:
To obtain an English abstract from the EPO database:
Next chapter is How to Search Japanese Patents.
Contact Information for Fumitomo Hide: Email: fhide@att.net Telephone: +1 408-252-7814 Fax: +1 320-216-6087 1072 S. De Anza Blvd., Suite A107-332, San Jose, CA 95129, USA |
