TOKYO, Oct. 21 -- Japan Patent Office issued the following news:
On October 6 to 10, 2025, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) held an *Examiner Exchange Program with the National Institute of Industrial Property of France (INPI).
The Examiner Exchange Program between the two Offices started in 2020. This year the JPO hosted INPI examiners for the first time to have the program between the JPO and the INPI.
Five JPO patent examiners and two INPI patent examiners participated in the program. They discussed their common patent cases in the two technical fields of terminal parts and semiconductor devices, exchanging information on prior art search methods and tools, as well as trial and appeal systems. Furthermore, the Intellectual Property Couns...