Japan Design Patent Application (DI)

• Immediate Processing
• Expert Japanese Intellectual Property Attorneys in Charge
• Ongoing updates of your Application

Japan Design Application Requirements

1. Name and address of the applicant. If it is a Company, place of incorporation.
2. Name, address and citizenship of the creator
3. Design Title
4. Formal Drawings
5. Certified priority document, including priority number and country of origin (if applicable)
6. Power of Attorney

Japan Design Application Process

The procedure for obtaining a design right is made of the following phases:

1. Application
2. Formality Check
3. Substantive Examination
4. Notification of Reasons for Refusal
5. Written Argument / Amendment
6. Decision of Registration
7. Decision of Refusal
8. Appeal against Decision of Refusal
9. Appeal Examination (against Decision of Refusal)
10. Registration (Registration Fee Payment)
11. Publication of Design Gazette
12. Written Argument / Amendment
13. Appeal Examination (Invalidation)
14. Intellectual Property High Court

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Other Relevant Information

Design Application in Japan

• Concession of the Design right: 20 years
• Member of the Paris Convention