Updates

FY 2024 Training Courses (14 July 2025)

JPO is undertaking JPO/IPR Training Courses!

The JPO conducts training courses online and in person by invitation. The courses are designed for government officials from IP offices and other agencies, including examiners working in developing countries, and IP experts in the private sector to enhance their knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). In FY2024, the JPO held 16 courses and a total of 304 trainees participated.

In addition, the JPO organizes seminars every year with the aim of sustaining and following up the training achievements, promoting cooperation among trainees, and supporting the dissemination and awareness of IPR systems.

The JPO will continue to support the strengthening of IP systems in developing countries and make contributions that will lead to further economic development in each country!

• FY 2024 Training Courses

• Assistance to Developing Countries

Opening of Special Website for the international forums in EXPO 2025 (7 July 2025)

The international forums on promoting Intellectual Property Utilization for the SDGs will be held in EXPO 2025!

On October 4, 2025, the JPO will hold a series of international forums during the Osaka-Kansai EXPO, which will be supported by heads of WIPO and IP offices from various countries.

During these forums, the JPO will hold talk sessions on using IP to address climate change issues. In addition, the forums will promote the active participation of a diverse range of individuals within the field of IP.

The EXPO 2025 JPO-WIPO AWARD ceremony will also honor companies that utilize IP to design better future societies in areas such as climate change, as well as the participation of women.

Details will be released on our newly opened special website for the forums.

Anyone can watch the forums via live streaming. We look forward to your participation!

• Special Website for the international forums in EXPO 2025 (External Link)

• EXPO 2025｜International Forums on Promoting Intellectual Property Utilization for the SDGs

• International Forums on the Promotion of Intellectual Property Utilization for the SDGs (External Link)

PPH eXtra (30 June 2025)

I am pleased to present one of our international initiatives to improve predictability of the examination timing for PPH applications!

To improve the predictability of examination timing, the JPO and USPTO have launched an initiative to publicize both the target and actual average pendency for the First Office Action and the Subsequent Office Actions related to PPH applications. This initiative has been named “PPH eXtra” and is currently being implemented by JPO and USPTO, followed by CNIPA and KIPO. Furthermore, the Austrian Patent Office is beginning the initiative on July 1, 2025.

The JPO remains committed to enhancing the user experience by encouraging other IP Offices in the world to participate in the PPH eXtra initiative!

• PPH-eXtra

The IP5 Heads of Office Meeting & The IP5 Heads of Office and IP5 Industry Meetings (23 June 2025)

JPO Commissioner had fruitful discussions with the Heads of the IP5 Offices and IP 5 Industry!

On May 28, 2025, Mr. ONO Yota, JPO Commissioner, attended the 18th IP5 Heads of Office Meeting, hosted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in Tianjin, China. He engaged in productive discussions with attendees from the IP5 Offices and the WIPO.

The discussions focused on strategies to promote the utilization and commercialization of IP in order to effectively support innovative development of the economy. Each office presented its initiatives in the areas of patent licensing and IP finance. The meeting also explored future IP5 cooperation acknowledging ongoing cooperation in the field of New Emerging Technologies & Artificial Intelligence (NET/AI) based on the operational roadmap established in 2021.

On the same day, a meeting of the IP5 Heads of Office with IP5 Industry was held, where they exchanged their views on promoting economic growth through IP. The release of the booklet titled “The role of IP in fostering the growth of SMEs” and the latest version of the overview table summarizing the common requirements for patent drawings from each office were also announced.

The overview table of the common requirements for patent drawings and the report on measures for SMEs are available on the IP5 website. We encourage you to make use of these resources!

• Global Patent Office Heads Discuss IP Strategies for Innovative Economic Development - Outcome of the 18th IP5 Heads of Office Meeting –

• The Five IP Offices (IP5)

• “The role of IP in fostering the growth of SMEs” (External Link)

• “Allowable features in drawings - overview table” (External Link)

IP5 Deputy Heads Meeting (16 June 2025)

JPO Deputy Commissioner attended the IP5 Deputy Heads Meeting!

On April 15, 2025, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) hosted the IP5 Deputy Heads Meeting as a videoconference, with WIPO participating as an observer.

Mr. YASUDA Futoshi, JPO Deputy Commissioner, attended the meeting and engaged in lively discussions. The meeting agenda included the details of working group reports, the future vision with respect to IP5 cooperation, and the topics for the IP5 Heads of Office with IP5 Industry Meeting* held in May 2025.

The JPO remains committed to contributing to IP5 initiatives!

• IP5 Deputy Heads Meeting Held

* The IP5 Heads of Office with IP5 Industry Meeting and the 18th IP5 Heads of Office Meeting will be featured in the next article of the JPO Quick Reads.

Source: https://www.jpo.go.jp//e/news/quickreads/index.html#up20250714