TOKYO, Aug. 17 -- Japan Patent Office issued the following news:
In the JPO Quick Reads, MATSUSHITA Koichi, Director-General, Patent Examination Department, briefly introduces the JPO initiatives and information on every Monday!
The JPO and the OEPM deepened their understanding of each other's patent examination practices!
From June 8 to 12, 2026, the JPO held an Examiner Exchange Program with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (Spanish: Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas, OEPM).
The JPO previously held Examiner Exchange Programs with the OEPM from 2011 to 2013 and hosted another program last year by inviting OEPM examiners to Japan. In this year's program, the JPO dispatched its examiners to the OEPM in Madrid.
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