Utility Model Act (Tentative translation)
(Act No. 123 of April 13, 1959)
Table of contents
Chapter I General Provisions (Articles 1 to 2-5)
Chapter II Utility Model Registration and Applications for Utility Model
Registration (Articles 3 to 11)
Chapter III Utility Model Technical Opinion (Articles 12 and 13)
Chapter IV Utility Model Rights
Section 1 Utility Model Rights (Articles 14 to 26)
Section 2 Infringement of Rights (Articles 27 to 30)
Section 3 Registration Fees (Articles 31 to 36)
Chapter V Appeals/Trials (Articles 37 to 41)
Chapter VI Retrial and Lawsuit (Articles 42 to 48-2)
Chapter VII Special Provisions Concerning International Applications under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Articles 48-3 to 48-16)
Chapter VIII Miscellaneous Provisions (Articles 49 to 55)
Chapter IX Penal Provisions (Articles 56 to 64)
Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
(Purpose)
Article 1 The purpose of this Act is to encourage devices by promoting the
protection and the utilization of devices with respect to the shape or structure
of an article or to the combination of articles, and thereby to contribute to the
development of industries.
(Definitions)
Article 2 (1) "Device" in this Act shall refer to the creation of technical ideas
utilizing the laws of nature.
(2) "Registered utility model" in this Act shall refer to a device for which a utility
model registration has been granted.
(3) "Working" of a device in this Act shall refer to an act of manufacturing, using,
assigning, leasing, exporting or importing, or offering for assignment or lease
(including an act of displaying an article for the purpose of assignment or lease,
the same shall apply hereinafter) an article relating to the device.
(Amendment of procedures)
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Article 2-2 (1) Any person who undertook the procedures with respect to an
application for utility model registration or a request for utility model
registration or other procedures relating to utility model registration
(hereinafter simply referred to as "procedures") may make an amendment
thereto only where the case is pending before the Japan Patent Office; provided,
however, that the person may not make an amendment to the description, the
scope of claims for a utility model registration, drawing(s) or the abstract
attached to the application or a document provided in Article 43, paragraph (1)
of the Patent Act (Act No.121 of 1959) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 8, paragraph (4) or Article 11, paragraph (1) (including the case where
it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43-2, paragraph (2) as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1) (including the
case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43-3, paragraph
(3) of the said Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11,
paragraph (1)) and Article 43-3, paragraph 3 of the said Act) after a period
specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has
lapsed.
(2) Any amendment to the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings under the provisions of the main clause of paragraph
(1) shall be made within the scope of matters stated in the description, scope of
claims for a utility model registration or drawing(s) originally attached to the
application.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the corrected description,
scope of claims for a utility model registration or drawing(s) attached to the
written correction with respect to a correction referred to in Article 14-2,
paragraph (1) may not be amended.
(4) The Commissioner of the Patent Office may order the applicant to make an
amendment of procedures, designating a reasonable period, in any of the
following cases:
(i) where the procedures violate the provisions of Articles 7, paragraphs (1) to
(3) or Article 9 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 2-5, paragraph (2) of this Acts;
(ii) where the procedure violates the formal requirements specified by this Act
or an order based thereon;
(iii) where registration fees payable for the procedures under the provisions of
Article 32, paragraph (1) have not been paid;
(iv) where fees payable for the procedures under the provisions of Article 54,
paragraph (1) or (2) have not been paid;
(5) A written amendment, except in the case of the payment of registration fees
or other fees, shall be submitted to make any amendment to procedures.
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(Dismissal of procedures)
Article 2-3 The Commissioner of the Patent Office may dismiss the procedures
where a person ordered to make an amendment thereto under the provisions of
Article 2-2, paragraph (4), Article 6-2 or Article 14-3 fails to make such
amendment within a period designated under the said provisions.
(Capacity of associations, etc. which are not juridical persons to undertake
procedures)
Article 2-4 (1) An association or foundation which is not a juridical person but
for which a representative or an administrator has been appointed may, in its
name, undertake any of the following procedures:
(i) file a request for utility model technical opinion provided in Article 12,
paragraph (1);
(ii) file a request for trial/; or
(iii) file a request for retrial against the final and binding trial decision.
(2) An association or foundation which is not a juridical person but for which a
representative or an administrator has been appointed may, in its name,
receive a request for retrial against the final and binding trial decision.
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 2-5 (1) The provisions of Articles 3 and 5 of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the periods and dates provided in this Act.
(2) The provisions of Articles 7 to 9, 11 to 16 and 18-2 to 24 of the Patent Act
shall apply mutatis mutandis to procedures.
(3) The provisions of Article 25 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to
utility model rights and other rights relating to utility model registrations.
(4) The provisions of Article 26 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to
utility model registrations.
Chapter II Utility Model Registration and Applications for Utility Model
Registration
(Requirements for utility model registration)
Article 3 (1) A person who created a device that relates to the shape or structure
of an article or a combination of articles and is industrially applicable may be
entitled to obtain a utility model registration for the said device, except the
following devices:
(i) the device was publicly known in Japan or a foreign country, prior to the
filing of the application for utility model registration;
(ii) the device was publicly worked in Japan or a foreign country, prior to the
filing of the application for utility model registration; or
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(iii) the device described in a distributed publication, or a device that was made
publicly available through electric telecommunication lines in Japan or a
foreign country, prior to the filing of the application for utility model
registration.
(2) Where, prior to the filing of the application for utility model registration, a
person ordinarily skilled in the art of the device would have easily created the
device based on any device listed in any of the items of the preceding
paragraph, a utility model registration shall not be granted for such device
notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 3-2 Where a device claimed in an application for utility model
registration is identical with a device or invention (in the case where a person
who created the device or invention is identical with the creator of the device
claimed in the said application for utility model registration, excluding the
device or invention) stated in the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or scope of claims for a patent or drawings (in the case of the
written application in foreign language referred to in Article 36-2, paragraph
(2) of the Patent Act, the document in foreign language referred to in Article
36-2, paragraph (1)) originally attached to the application of another
application for utility model registration or for patent which has been filed
prior to the filing date of the said application for utility model registration and
published after the filing of the said application for utility model registration
in the utility model gazette under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (3)
(hereinafter the "Utility Model Gazette") or in the patent gazette under the
provisions of Article 66, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act stating matters listed
in each of the items of the respective paragraph or for which the publication of
the patent application has been effected, a utility model registration shall not
be granted for such device notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of
the preceding Article; provided, however, that this shall not apply where, at
the time of the filing of the said application for utility model registration, the
applicant of the said application and the applicant of the other application for
utility model registration or for patent are the same person.
(Unregistrable devices)
Article 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), any device
that is liable to injure public order, morality or public health shall not be
registered as a utility model.
(Provisional non-exclusive licenses)
Article 4-2 (1) Any person who holds the right to obtain a utility model
registration may grant a provisional non-exclusive license for the utility model
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right to be obtained based on the right to obtain a utility model registration to
any third party within the scope of the matters stated in the description, scope
of claims for a utility model registration or drawings originally attached to the
application of the application for the utility model registration.
(2) Where the establishment of a utility model right has been registered for an
application for utility model registration with respect to a provisional non-
exclusive license under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a non-
exclusive license shall be deemed to have been granted for the utility model
right to a person who holds the said provisional non-exclusive license within
the scope specified by the contract granting the said provisional non-exclusive
license.
(3) The provisions of Article 33, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 34-3, paragraphs
(4) to (6) and (8) to (10) and Article 34-5 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to provisional non-exclusive licenses. In this case, the terms "Article
46, paragraph (1) with regard to an application for utility model registration
pertaining to a provisional non-exclusive license under the provisions of Article
4-2, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act" in Article 34-3, paragraph (8) of the
said act and "Article 46, paragraph (2)" in paragraph (9) of the said article
shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Utility
Model Act with regard to a patent application pertaining to a provisional non-
exclusive license under the provisions of Article 34-3, paragraph (1) or Article
34-2, paragraph (4)" and "Article 10, paragraph (2) of the Utility Model Act",
respectively.
(Applications for Utility Model Registration)
Article 5 (1) Any person who intends to obtain a utility model registration shall
submit an application to the Commissioner of the Patent Office stating the
following matters:
(i) the name and address or residence of the applicant(s) of utility model
registration; and
(ii) the name and address or residence of the creator(s) of the device.
(2) The description, scope of claims for a utility model registration, drawing(s)
and abstract shall be attached to the application.
(3) The description referred to in the preceding paragraph shall state the
following matters:
(i) the title of the device;
(ii) a brief explanation of the drawing(s); and
(iii) a detailed explanation of the device.
(4) The detailed explanation of the device referred to in item (iii) of the preceding
paragraph shall be stated clearly and sufficiently so as to enable a person
ordinarily skilled in the art to which the device belongs to work the device as
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specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(5) The scope of claims for a utility model registration referred to in paragraph
(2) shall divide claims and state for each claim all matters deemed to be
necessary to identify the device for which the applicant intends to obtain a
utility model registration. This shall not preclude the applicant from stating
the same description for a device claimed in another claim as that for a device
claimed in one claim.
(6) The description of the scope of claims for a utility model registration referred
to in paragraph (2) shall comply with each of the following items:
(i) the device for which a utility model registration is sought is stated in the
detailed explanation of the device;
(ii) the device for which a utility model is sought is clear;
(iii) the statement for each claim is concise; and
(iv) the description is stated as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry.
(7) The abstract referred to in paragraph (2) shall state a summary of the device
stated in the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or
drawing(s), and any other matters specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry.
Article 6 A single application for utility model registration may be filed for two
or more devices provided that these devices fall under a group of devices
recognized as fulfilling the requirements of unity of device based on their
technical relationship specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry.
(Order to amend)
Article 6-2 The Commissioner of the Patent Office may order the applicant to
make an amendment to the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawing(s) attached to the application, designating a reasonable
period, if the application for utility model registration falls under any of the
following items:
(i) where the device claimed in the application for utility model registration
does not pertain to the shape or structure of an article or the combination of
articles;
(ii) where the device claimed in the application for utility model registration is
not registrable under the provisions of Article 4;
(iii) where the application for utility model registration does not satisfy the
requirement provided in Article 5, paragraph (6), item (iv) or in the
preceding Article; or
(iv) where the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or
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drawing(s) attached to the application does not state all of the necessary
matters or is extremely unclear.
(Prior Application)
Article 7 (1) Where two or more applications for a utility model registration have
been filed with regard to the same device on different dates, only the applicant
who filed the application on the earliest date shall be entitled to obtain a
utility model registration for the device claimed.
(2) Where two or more applications for utility model registration have been filed
with regard to the same device on the same date, none of the applicants shall
be entitled to obtain a utility model registration for the device claimed.
(3) Where a device claimed in an application for utility model registration and an
invention claimed in an application for patent are identical and the
applications for utility model registration and for patent are filed on different
dates, the applicant for utility model registration may be entitled to obtain a
utility model registration for the device claimed therein, only if the application
for utility model registration is filed prior to the application for patent.
(4) Where an application for utility model registration or an application for
patent has been waived, withdrawn or dismissed, the application for utility
model registration or the application for patent shall, for the purpose of
paragraphs (1) to (3), be deemed never to have been filed from the beginning.
(5) Where the examiner's decision or trial decision to the effect that a patent
application is to be refused has become final and binding, the patent
application shall, for the purpose of paragraph (3), be deemed never to have
been filed from the beginning; provided, however, that this shall not apply to
the case where the examiner's decision or trial decision to the effect that the
patent application is to be refused has become final and binding on the ground
that the latter sentence of Article 39, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act is
applicable to the said patent application.
(6) Where no agreement is reached by consultations made under Article 39,
paragraph (4) of the Patent Act or such consultations are unable to be held, the
applicant for utility model registration shall not be entitled to obtain a utility
model registration for the device claimed.
(Claim of priority based on an application for utility registration, etc.)
Article 8 (1) A person who intends to obtain a utility model registration may
claim priority for a device claimed in the application for utility model
registration, based on a device stated in the description or scope of claims for a
utility model registration or patent claim, or drawings (in the case where the
earlier application was a written application in foreign language referred to in
Article 36-2, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act, the document in foreign language
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referred to in paragraph (1) of the said Article) originally attached to the
application of an earlier application filed for a utility model registration or
patent over which the said person holds the right to obtain (hereinafter
referred to as "earlier application"), except in the following cases: provided
however, that if there is any person who holds a provisional exclusive license
with regard to the earlier application, priority may be claimed only where the
consent of the person is obtained at the time of filing the said application for
utility model registration:
(i) where the said application for utility model registration is not filed within
one year from the date of filing of the earlier application (excluding the case
where there are justifiable grounds for the failure to file the application for
utility model registration within 1 year from the date of filing and it was
filed within a period specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry);
(ii) where the earlier application is a new divisional application for utility
model registration with respect to an application for utility model
registration under the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Patent
Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1), an
application for utility model registration with respect to an application for
utility model registration under Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2), or a new
divisional patent application with respect to a patent application under
Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act, a patent application with respect
to a patent application under Article 46, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Patent
Act or a patent application based on a utility model registration under the
provisions of Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act;
(iii) where, at the time of filing the said application for utility model
registration, the earlier application had been waived, withdrawn or
dismissed;
(iv) where, at the time of filing the said application for utility model
registration, the examiner's decision or the trial decision on the earlier
application had become final and binding; and
(v) where, at the time of filing the said application for utility model
registration, the establishing of a utility model right provided in Article 14,
paragraph (2) had been registered with regard to the earlier application.
(2) Among devices claimed in an application for utility model registration
containing a claim of priority under the provisions of paragraph (1), for those
that are stated in the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or patent or drawings (in the case where the earlier application
was an application written in foreign language referred to in Article 36-2,
paragraph (2) of the Patent Act, the document in foreign language referred to
in paragraph (1) of the said Article) originally attached to the application of
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the earlier application on which the claim of priority is based (in the case
where the earlier application contains a claim of priority under the provisions
of the preceding paragraph or Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act
(including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article
43-3, paragraph (3) of the said Act), or Article 43, paragraph (1) or 43-2,
paragraph (1) or (2) of the Patent Act (including the case where these
provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1) of
said Act), excluding any device stated in any documents (limited to those
equivalent to the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or
patent or drawings) submitted at the time of the filing of the application on
which the claim of priority in the earlier application is based), the said
application for utility model registration shall be deemed to have been filed at
the time when the earlier application was filed with respect to the application
of the provisions of Article 3, the main clause of Article 3-2, Article 7,
paragraphs (1) to (3), Article 30, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1), Article 17,
Articles 69, paragraph (2), item (ii) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 26, Articles 79 and 81, Article 82, paragraph (1), and Articles 39,
paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 72 of the Patent Act, Article 26, Article 31,
paragraph (2) and Article 32, paragraph (2) of the Design Act (Act No. 125 of
1959), Article 29, Article 33-2, paragraph (3) and Article 33-3, paragraph (3) of
the Trademark Act (Act No. 127 of 1959) (including the case where these
provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (3) of the
Trademark Act) of the Trademark Act.
(3) Among devices stated in the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings originally attached to the application in an application
for utility model registration containing a claim of priority under the
provisions of paragraph (1), for those that are stated in the description, scope
of claims for a utility model registration or claims or drawings (in the case
where the earlier application was an application written in foreign language
referred to in Article 36-2, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act, the document in
foreign language referred to in paragraph (1) of the said Article) originally
attached to the application of the earlier application on which the claim of
priority is based (in the case where the said earlier application contains a
claim of priority under the provisions of the preceding paragraph or Article 41,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act, Article 43-2, paragraph 1 (including the case
where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43-3, paragraph (3) of
the said Act) or Article 43-3, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Patent Act (including
the case where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis under Article 11,
paragraph (1) of this Act), excluding any device stated in any documents
(limited to those equivalent to the description, scope of claims for a utility
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model registration or patent or drawings) submitted at the time of the filing of
the application on which the claim of priority in the earlier application is
based), the Utility Model Gazette with regard to the earlier application or the
publication of the earlier application shall be deemed to have been issued or
effected at the time when the Utility Model Gazette with regard to the said
application for utility model registration was issued so as to apply the
provisions of the main clause of Article 3-2 of the Utility Model Act or Article
29-2 of the Patent Act.
(4) A person who intends to claim a priority under the provisions of paragraph (1)
shall submit to the Commissioner of the Patent Office a document stating the
effect thereof and the indication of the earlier application within a period
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(Withdrawal of earlier application, etc.)
Article 9 (1) An earlier application on which a claim of priority is based under
the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn when a period specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry has lapsed from the filing date of the said earlier
application; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case where an
earlier application has been waived, withdrawn or dismissed, where the
examiner's decision or trial decision on the said earlier application has become
final and binding with regard to the said application, where the establishment
of the said earlier application provided in Article 14, paragraph (2) has been
registered or where all of the claims of priority based on the said earlier
application have been withdrawn.
(2) The applicant for utility model registration containing a claim of priority
under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) may not withdraw the claim of
priority after a period specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry has lapsed from the filing date of the earlier application.
(3) Where an application for utility model registration containing a claim of
priority under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) is withdrawn within a
period specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry from the filing date of the earlier application, the said claim of
priority shall be deemed to have been withdrawn simultaneously.
(Conversion of application)
Article 10 (1) An applicant for patent may convert his/her patent application
(excluding patent applications filed based on a utility model registration under
the provisions of Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act (including patent
applications deemed to have been filed at the time of the filing of the original
patent application under the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (2) of the said
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Act (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 46, paragraph (6) of the said Act))) into an application for utility model
registration; provided, however, that this shall not apply after three months
from the date on which the certified copy of the examiner's initial decision to
the effect that the patent application is to be refused was served or nine years
and six months from the filing date of the patent application have lapsed.
(2) An applicant for design registration may convert his/her application for
design registration (excluding applications for a design registration deemed,
under the provisions of Article 10-2, paragraph (2) of the Design Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (6) of the Design Act, to
have been filed at the time of the original patent application which was filed
based on an application for utility model registration under the provisions of
Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act (including applications for design
registration deemed to have been filed at the time of the filing of the original
application for design registration under the provisions of Article 10-2,
paragraph (2) of the Design Act)) into an application for utility model
registration; provided, however, that this shall not apply after three months
from the date the certified copy of the examiner's initial decision to the effect
that the application for design registration is to be refused has been served or
nine years and six months from the filing date of the application for design
registration have lapsed.
(3) Where an application is converted under the provisions of the preceding two
paragraphs, the application for utility model registration shall be deemed to
have been filed at the time of the filing of the patent application or the
application for design registration; provided, however, that this shall not apply
for the purposes of the application of the provisions of Article 3-2 of this Act or
Article 29-2 of the Patent Act where the application for utility model
registration falls under another application for utility model registration
provided in Article 3-2 of this Act or an application for utility model
registration provided in Article 29-2 of the Patent Act, and the application of
the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1).
(4) Where an application is converted under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2),
for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2)
of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11,
paragraph (1) (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis under
Article 43-2, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1) (including the case where it is applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43-3, paragraph (3) of the said Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1)) and Article
43-3, paragraph (3)), the term "within one year and four months from the
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earliest of the following dates" in Article 43, paragraph (2) shall be replaced
with "within one year and four months from the earliest of the following dates
or three months from the filing date of the application for utility model
registration with respect to the conversion of an application under the
provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Utility Model Act,
whichever comes later."
(5) Where an application is converted under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2),
the patent application or the application for design registration shall be
deemed to have been withdrawn.
(6) Where the period provided in Article 121, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act is
extended under the provisions of Article 4 of the said Act, the three-month
period provided in the proviso to paragraph (1) shall be deemed to have been
extended only for that extended period.
(7) Where the period provided in Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Design Act is
extended under the provisions of Article 4 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Design Act, the three-
month period provided in the proviso to paragraph (2) shall be deemed to have
been extended only for that extended period.
(8) Where an application is converted as provided in paragraph (1), any
statements or documents which have been submitted with regard to the
original patent application and are required to be submitted with regard to a
new application for utility model registration under the provisions of Article 8,
paragraph (4) of this Act or Article 30, paragraph (3) or Article 43, paragraphs
(1) and (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article
11, paragraph (1) (including the case where these provisions apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 43-2, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1) (including the case
where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43-3, paragraph 3 of
the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph
1) and Article 43-3, paragraph 3) shall be deemed to have been submitted to
the Commissioner of the Patent Office simultaneously along with the new
application for utility model application.
(9) An applicant for patent, where there is a person who holds a provisional
exclusive license to the said patent application, may convert the patent
application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), only in the case where
the consent of the said person is obtained.
(10) The provisions of paragraph (8) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
conversion of an application under the provisions of paragraph (2).
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 11 (1) The provisions of Articles 30 (exception to lack of novelty of
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invention), 38 (joint applications) and 43 to 44 (procedures for claim of priority
under the Paris Convention and division of patent applications) of the Patent
Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to applications for utility model registration.
(2) The provisions of Article 33 and Article 34, paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) to (7)
(right to obtain a patent) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
right to obtain a utility model registration.
(3) The provisions of Article 35 (excluding the part with respect to provisional
exclusive licenses) (Employee's Invention) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to devices created by employees, officers of juridical persons, or
national or local public officers.
Chapter III Utility Model Technical Opinion
(Request for utility model technical opinion)
Article 12 (1) With regard to an application for utility model registration or a
utility model registration, any person may file with the Commissioner of the
Patent Office a request for technical opinion as to the device claimed in the
application or to the registered utility model in the light of the provisions of
Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii) and Article 3, paragraph (2) (limited to its
application based on the device stated in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii)),
Article 3-2, and Article 7, paragraphs (1) to (3) and (6) (hereinafter referred to
as "utility model technical opinion"). In this case, in respect of applications or
registered utility models that contain two or more claims, such a request may
be filed for each claim.
(2) A request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be filed even
after the utility model right is extinguished; provided, however, that this shall
not apply after the utility model right has been invalidated in an invalidation
trial of utility model registration.
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, a request under the
provisions of paragraph (1) shall not be made after a patent application based
on the utility model registration is filed under the provisions of Article 46-2,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act.
(4) Where a request under the provisions of paragraph (1) is filed, the
Commissioner of the Patent Office shall direct an examiner to prepare a
written report containing utility model technical opinion (hereinafter referred
to as a "Technical Report of Utility Model Expert Opinion").
(5) The provisions of Article 47, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the preparation of the Technical Reports of Expert
Opinion on Registrability of Utility Models.
(6) A request under the provisions of paragraph (1) may not be withdrawn.
(7) Where, a request under the provisions of paragraph (1) was filed by a person
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who is neither the applicant for utility model registration nor the holder of
utility model right, and then, a patent application under the provisions of
Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act is filed based on the utility model
registration with respect to which the request under the provisions of
paragraph (1) was filed (including the utility model registration with respect to
the application for utility model registration in the case where a request under
the provisions of paragraph (1) was filed with regard thereto), the request shall
be deemed not to have been filed. In this case, the Commissioner of the Patent
Office shall notify thereof to the person who filed the request.
Article 13 (1) When a request for utility model technical opinion is filed prior to
issuance of the utility model gazette, the Commissioner of the Patent Office
shall publish the effect thereof in the utility model gazette either at the time of
issuance of the said utility model gazette or thereafter without delay, and
when such a request is filed after issuance of the utility model gazette, without
delay after issuance of the utility model gazette.
(2) Where a request for utility model technical opinion is filed by a person who is
neither the applicant for utility model registration nor the holder of utility
model right, the Commissioner of the Patent Office shall notify the applicant
for utility model registration or the holder of utility model right thereof.
(3) Where the Technical Reports of Expert Opinion on Registrability of Utility
Models is prepared, the Commissioner of the Patent Office shall serve its
certified copy, in the case where the person who filed the request is either the
applicant for utility model registration or the holder of utility model right, to
the person, and in the case where the person who filed the request is neither
the applicant for utility model registration nor the holder of utility model right,
to the person and the applicant or the holder.
Chapter IV Utility Model Rights
Section 1 Utility Model Rights
(Registration of establishment of utility model right)
Article 14 (1) A utility model right shall become effective upon registration of its
establishment.
(2) Where an application for utility model registration has been filed, the
establishment of a utility model right shall be registered, unless the
application has been waived, withdrawn or dismissed.
(3) Where the registration referred to in the preceding paragraph has been
effected, the following matters shall be stated in a utility model gazette.
(i) the name and the address or residence of the holder(s) of utility model right;
(ii) the number and the filing date of the application for utility model
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registration;
(iii) the name and the address or residence of the creator(s) of the device;
(iv) the matters stated in the description and scope of claims for a utility model
registration attached to the application and the contents of the drawings
attached to the said application;
(v) the matters stated in the abstract attached to the application;
(vi) the registration number and the date of registration of establishment; and
(vii) other necessary matters in addition to what is listed in the preceding
items.
(4) The provisions of Article 64, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis where the matters stated in the abstract referred to in item
(v) of the preceding paragraph are published in the utility model gazette under
the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(Correction of the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or
drawings)
Article 14-2 (1) Except in the following cases, a holder of utility model right may
correct the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or
drawings attached to the application only once.
(i) where two months have lapsed from the date on which the first Technical
Reports of Expert Opinion on Registrability of Utility Models was served
under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3); and
(ii) where the period initially designated under the provisions of Article 39,
paragraph (1) for an invalidation trial of utility model registration has
lapsed.
(2) Any correction made under the preceding paragraph shall be limited to those
for the following purposes:
(i) restriction of the scope of claims;
(ii) correction of errors;
(iii) clarification of an ambiguous statement; and
(iv) rewriting the statement of claims which cite the statement of another
claim in a way it does not cite the statement of the said another claim.
(3) Any correction referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made within the scope of
the matters stated in the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings attached to the application (in the case of any
correction for the purpose of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the
description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or drawings
originally attached to the application).
(4) Any correction referred to in paragraph (1) shall not substantially enlarge or
alter the scope of claims for a utility model registration.
(5) The provisions of Article 4 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to
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the period provided in paragraph (1), item (i).
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of item (i) of paragraph (1), where, due to
reasons beyond the control of the person who makes a correction referred to in
paragraph (1), the person is unable to make the correction within the period
provided in the said item, the person may make the correction within 14 days
(where the applicant is an overseas resident, within two months) from the date
on which the reasons ceased to exist, but not later than six months after the
said period lapsed.
(7) In addition to the case where any correction referred to in paragraph (1) is
made, a holder of utility model right may correct the description, scope of
claims for a utility model registration or drawings attached to the application
as far as such a correction is made for the purpose of deleting a claim or
claims; provided, however, that where an invalidation trial of the utility model
registration is pending before the Japan Patent Office, the description, scope of
claims for a utility model registration or drawings attached to the application
may not be corrected after a notice is given under the provisions of Article 156,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 41 (in the case where the proceedings have been resumed under the
provisions of Article 156, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act, after further notice
is given under the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act).
(8) Any correction referred to in paragraph (1) or (7) may be made even after a
utility model right is extinguished; provided, however, that this shall not apply
after the utility model registration has been invalidated in a invalidation trial
of the utility model registration.
(9) For any correction referred to in paragraph (1) or (7), a written correction
shall be submitted.
(10) For any correction referred to in paragraph (1), the corrected description,
scope of claims for a utility model registration or drawings shall be attached to
the written correction.
(11) Where any correction has been made under paragraph (1) or (7), the filing of
the application for utility model registration and the registration of
establishment of the utility model right shall be deemed to have been made
based on the corrected description, scope of claims for the utility model
registration or drawings.
(12) Where any correction has been made under paragraph (1) or (7), the matters
stated in the corrected description and scope of claims for a utility model
registration and the contents of the corrected drawings shall be published in
the utility model gazette in the case of any correction made under paragraph
(1), and the effect thereof shall be published in the utility model gazette in the
case of any correction made under paragraph (7).
(13) The provisions of Article 127 and Article 132, paragraph (3) of the Patent
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Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cases of paragraphs (1) and (7).
(Order to amend with respect to correction)
Article 14-3 Where a written correction (limited to a correction referred to
paragraph (1) of the preceding Article) has been submitted and any matter
stated in the corrected description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings attached to the written correction falls under any of
the following items, the Commissioner of the Patent Office may order to make
an amendment of the corrected description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings attached to the written correction, designating a
reasonable period:
(i) where the device identified by the matters stated in the corrected scope of
claims for a utility model registration attached to the written correction does
not pertain to the shape or structure of an article or combination of articles;
(ii) where the device identified by the matters stated in the corrected scope of
claims for a utility model registration attached to the written correction is
not registrable as a utility model under the provisions of Article 4;
(iii) where the statement of the corrected description, scope of claims for a
utility model registration or drawings attached to the written correction does
not satisfy the requirement provided in Article 5, paragraph (6), item (iv) or
Article 6; or
(iv) where the corrected description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings attached to the written correction does not state all
the necessary matters or is extremely unclear.
(Duration of utility model right)
Article 15 The duration of a utility model right shall expire after ten years from
the filing date of the application for utility model registration lapse.
(Effect of utility model right)
Article 16 A holder of utility model right shall have the exclusive right to work
the registered utility model as a business; provided, however, that, where an
exclusive license with regard to the utility model right is established, this shall
not apply to the extent that the exclusive licensee is permitted to exclusively
work the registered utility model.
(Relationship with registered utility model held by others)
Article 17 Where a registered utility model uses another person's registered
utility model, patented invention, or registered design or any design similar
thereto for which an application was filed prior to the filing date of the
application for utility model registration, or where the utility model right is in
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conflict with another person's design right or trademark right with respect to
an application filed prior to the filing date of the application for utility model
registration, the holder of utility model right, exclusive licensee or non-
exclusive licensees may not work the registered utility model as a business.
(Special provisions for transfer of utility model right)
Article 17-2 (1) Where a utility model registration falls under the requirements
provided in Article 37, paragraph (1), item (ii) (limited to the case where the
utility model registration is obtained in violation of the provisions of Article 38
of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11,
paragraph (1)) or the requirements provided in Article 37, paragraph (1), item
(v), a person who holds the right to obtain a utility model registration with
regard to the device to which the said utility model registration pertain may
request the holder of the utility model right to transfer the right as specified by
an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(2) Where the transfer of a utility model right has been registered based on a
request made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the utility
model right shall be deemed to have belonged to a person who has obtained the
said registration from the beginning.
(3) The provisions of Article 73, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 26 shall not apply where the share of a
jointly owned utility model right is transferred based on a request made under
the provisions of paragraph (1).
(Exclusive license)
Article 18 (1) A holder of utility model right may establish an exclusive license
for his/her utility model right.
(2) An exclusive licensee shall hold an exclusive right to work the registered
utility model as a business within the scope specified by the act of establishing
the license.
(3) The provisions of Articles 77, paragraphs (3) to (5) (transfer, etc.), Article 97,
paragraph (2) (waiver) and Article 98, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph
(2) (effect of registration) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to
exclusive licenses.
(Non-exclusive license)
Article 19 (1) A holder of utility model right may grant a non-exclusive license
for his/her utility model to any third party.
(2) A non-exclusive licensee shall hold a right to work the registered utility model
as a business within the scope specified by the provisions of this Act or by the
act of establishing the license.
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(3) The provisions of Articles 73, paragraph (1) (joint ownership), Article 97,
paragraph (3) (waiver) and Article 99 (perfection of non-exclusive license) of
the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to non-exclusive licenses.
(Non-exclusive license due to the working prior to the registration of the
request for invalidation trial)
Article 20 (1) A person who falls under any of the following items and is
conducting a business working an invention in Japan or is making
preparations for such a business, before the registration of a request for
invalidation trial for patent referred to in Article 123, paragraph (1) of the
Patent Act (hereinafter in this paragraph simply referred to as "invalidation
trial for patent"), without the knowledge that the patent falls under the
requirements provided in any of the items of Article 123, paragraph (1) of the
Patent Act, shall hold a non-exclusive license with regard to the utility model
right or the exclusive license existing at the time of the invalidation of the
patent, but only within the scope of the invention and the purpose of such a
business being worked or prepared:
(i) the original patentee in the case where a device to which a utility model
registration has been granted and his/her patented invention are identical
and his/her patent has been invalidated;
(ii) the original patentee in the case where, after his/her patent has been
invalidated, a utility model registration is granted to the person who is
legitimately entitled to obtain a utility model registration for a device which
is identical to his/her invention; and
(iii) in the cases referred to in items (i) and (ii), a person who, at the time of
the registration of the request for invalidation trial for patent, held an
exclusive license with respect to the patent with respect to the invalidated
patent, or a non-exclusive license with regard to the patent right or exclusive
license.
(2) A holder of utility model right or an exclusive licensee shall have the right to
receive reasonable compensation from the non-exclusive licensee under the
provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(Ruling establishing non-exclusive license where registered utility model is not
worked)
Article 21 (1) Where a registered utility model is not appropriately and
continuously worked for three years or longer in Japan, a person who intends
to work the registered utility model may request the holder of utility model
right or the exclusive licensee to hold consultations to discuss the granting of a
non-exclusive license; provided, however, that this shall not apply unless four
years have lapsed from the filing date of the application of the utility model
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registration on the registered utility model.
(2) Where no agreement is reached by consultations or no consultations are able
to be held as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person who intends to
work the registered utility model may request the Commissioner of the Patent
Office for a ruling.
(3) The provisions of Articles 84 to 91-2 (procedures, etc. for ruling) of the Patent
Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the ruling referred to in the preceding
paragraph.
(Ruling establishing non-exclusive license to work own registered utility
model)
Article 22 (1) Where a registered utility model falls under any of the cases
provided in Article 17, the holder of utility model right or the exclusive licensee
may request the other person referred to in the said Article to hold
consultations to discuss the granting of a non-exclusive license to work the
registered utility model or a non-exclusive license with regard to the patent
right or the design right.
(2) The other person referred to in Article 17 who is requested to hold
consultations referred to in the preceding paragraph may request the holder of
utility model right or the exclusive licensee who requested such consultations
to hold consultations to discuss the granting of a non-exclusive license within
the scope of the registered utility model which the said holder or exclusive
licensee intends to work upon grant of a non-exclusive license with regard to
the utility model right, the patent right or the design right granted through
consultations.
(3) Where no agreement is reached by consultations or no consultations are able
to be held as referred to in paragraph (1), the holder of utility model right or
the exclusive licensee may request the Commissioner of the Patent Office for a
ruling.
(4) Where no agreement is reached by consultations or no consultations are able
to be held as referred to in paragraph (2) and where a request for ruling is filed
as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the other person referred to in
Article 17 may request the Commissioner of the Patent Office for a ruling only
within a period for the submission of a written reply by the said other person
designated by the Commissioner of the Patent Office under the provisions of
Article 84 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
paragraph (7).
(5) In the case of paragraph (3) or (4), the Commissioner of the Patent Office
shall not render a ruling to the effect that a non-exclusive license is to be
established where the establishment of the non-exclusive license will be
unreasonably prejudicial to the interests of the other person referred to in
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Article 17, the holder of utility model right or the exclusive licensee.
(6) In the case of paragraph (4), in addition to the case provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Commissioner of the Patent Office shall not render a ruling
ordering a non-exclusive license to be established if the ruling ordering the
non-exclusive license to be established is not rendered with respect to the
request for ruling referred to in paragraph (3).
(7) The provisions of Articles 84, 84-2, Article 85, paragraph (1) and Articles 86
to 91-2 (procedures, etc. for ruling) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the ruling referred to in paragraph (3).
(Ruling granting non-exclusive license for public interest)
Article 23 (1) Where the working of a registered utility model is particularly
necessary for the public interest, a person who intends to work the registered
utility model may request the holder of utility model right or the exclusive
licensee to hold consultations to discuss the granting of a non-exclusive license.
(2) Where no agreement is reached by consultations or no consultations are able
to be held as provided in the preceding paragraph, the person who intends to
work the registered utility model may request the Minister of Economy, Trade
and Industry for a ruling.
(3) The provisions of Articles 84, 84-2, Article 85, paragraph (1) and Articles 86
to 91-2 (procedures, etc. for ruling) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph.
(Transfer of non-exclusive license)
Article 24 (1) Except for a non-exclusive license granted by a ruling referred to
in Article 21, paragraph (2), Article 22, paragraph (3) or (4), or Article 23,
paragraph (2), Article 92, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act or Article 33,
paragraph (3) of the Design Act, a non-exclusive license may be transferred
only where the business involving the working of the relevant registered utility
model is also transferred, where the consent of the holder of utility model right
(or, in the case of a non-exclusive license with regard to the exclusive license,
the holder of utility model right and the exclusive licensee) is obtained or
where the transfer occurs as a result of inheritance or another type of general
succession.
(2) Except for a non-exclusive license granted by a ruling referred to in Article 21,
paragraph (2), Article 22, paragraph (3) or (4), or Article 23, paragraph (2),
Article 92, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act or Article 33, paragraph (3) of the
Design Act, a non-exclusive licensee may establish a right of pledge with
regard to the non-exclusive right only where the consent of the holder of utility
model right (or, in the case of a non-exclusive license on the exclusive license,
the holder of utility model right and the exclusive licensee) is obtained.
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(3) A non-exclusive license granted by a ruling referred to in Article 21,
paragraph (2) or Article 23, paragraph (2) may be transferred only where the
business involved in the working of the relevant registered utility model is also
transferred.
(4) Where a non-exclusive license is granted by a ruling referred to in Article 22,
paragraph (3) of this Act, Article 92, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act, or Article
33, paragraph (3) of the Design Act, the said non-exclusive license shall be
transferred together with the utility model right, patent right or design right of
the non-exclusive licensee where the business involved in the working of the
relevant registered utility model is also transferred, but shall be extinguished
in the case where the utility model right, patent right or design right of the
said non-exclusive licensee is extinguished or transferred independently of the
said business.
(5) A non-exclusive license granted by a ruling referred to in Article 22,
paragraph (4) shall be transferred together with the utility model right, patent
right or design right of the non-exclusive licensee, but shall be extinguished in
the case where the said utility model right, patent right or design right is
extinguished.
(Right of pledge)
Article 25 (1) Unless otherwise agreed upon by contract, where a right of pledge
is established for the purpose of a utility model right, exclusive license or non-
exclusive license, the pledgee may not work the registered utility model.
(2) The provisions of Article 96 (extension of a right of pledge to the proceeds of
the patent right) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to a right of
pledge established for the purpose of a utility model right, exclusive license or
non-exclusive license.
(3) The provisions of Article 98, paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (2) (effect
of registration) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to a right of
pledge established for the purpose of a utility model right or exclusive license.
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 26 The provisions of Articles 69, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Articles 70 to
71-2 (limitations of patent right and technical scope of patented invention),
Article 73 (joint ownership), Article 76 (extinguishment of patent rights in
absence of heir), Article 79 (non-exclusive license based on prior use), Article
79-2 (non-exclusive license due to the working of the invention prior to the
registration of the transfer of a patent right), Articles 81 and 82 (non-exclusive
license after expiration of duration of design right), Article 97, paragraph (1)
(waiver), and Article 98, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) (effect of registration)
shall apply mutatis mutandis to utility model rights.
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Section 2 Infringement of Rights
(Right to seek injunction)
Article 27 (1) A holder of utility model right or an exclusive licensee may request
a person who infringes or is likely to infringe the said utility model right or
exclusive license (hereinafter referred to as "infringer, etc.") to stop or prevent
such infringement.
(2) When a request is made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the
holder of utility model right or an exclusive licensee may request measures
necessary for the prevention of such an infringement including the disposal of
articles constituting such an act of infringement (including a computer
program, etc. (refers to a computer program, etc. provided in Article 2,
paragraph (4) of the Patent Act, the same shall apply in the following Article),
the same shall apply hereinafter), the removal of facilities used for the act of
infringement and other necessary measures.
(Acts deemed to constitute infringement)
Article 28 The following acts shall be deemed to constitute an infringement of
the utility model right or the exclusive license:
(i) acts of, as a business, producing, assigning, etc. (assigning and leasing and,
in the case where the article is a computer program, etc., including providing
through electric telecommunication lines, the same shall apply hereinafter),
importing or offering for assignment, etc. (including an act of displaying for
the purpose of assignment, etc., the same shall apply hereinafter) any
product to be used exclusively for manufacturing an article in which the
registered utility model has been embodied;
(ii) acts of, as a business, producing, assigning, etc., or importing or offering for
assignment, etc. any product (excluding those widely distributed in the
general public within Japan) to be used for manufacturing an article in
which the registered utility model has been embodied and indispensable for
solving the problem by the device, knowing that the said device is a
registered utility model and the said product is to be used for the working of
the device and;
(iii) acts of possessing an article in which a registered utility model has been
embodied for the purpose of assigning, leasing or exporting it.
(Estimation of amount of damage, etc.)
Article 29 (1) Where a holder of utility model right or an exclusive licensee
claims against an infringer compensation for damage sustained as a result of
the intentional or negligent infringement of the utility model right or exclusive
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license, and the infringer assigned the articles that constituted the act of
infringement, the amount of damage sustained by the holder or the exclusive
licensee may be estimated to be the amount of profit per unit of articles which
could have been sold by the holder or the exclusive licensee if there had been
no such act of infringement, multiplied by the quantity (hereinafter referred to
in this paragraph as the "assigned quantity") of articles assigned by the
infringer, not exceeding the amount attainable by the holder or the exclusive
licensee in light of the capability of the holder or the exclusive licensee to work
such articles; provided, however, that if any circumstances exist under which
the holder or the exclusive licensee would have been unable to sell the assigned
quantity in whole or in part, the amount calculated as the number of articles
which are not able to be sold due to such circumstances shall be deducted.
(2) Where a holder of utility model right or an exclusive licensee claims against
an infringer compensation for his/her own damage sustained as a result of the
intentional or negligent infringement of his/her own utility model right or
exclusive license, and the infringer earned any profits from the act of
infringement, the amount of profits earned by the infringer shall be estimated
to be the amount of damage sustained by the holder of utility model right or
exclusive licensee.
(3) A holder of utility model right or an exclusive licensee may claim against an
infringer compensation for his/her own damage sustained as a result of the
intentional or negligent infringement of his/her own utility model right or
exclusive license, by regarding the amount the holder of said utility model
right or exclusive licensee would have been entitled to receive for the working
of the registered utility model right as the amount of damage sustained.
(4) The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not preclude a claim for
compensation of damages exceeding the amount provided therein. In this case,
where the infringer did not commit the infringement of the utility model right
or exclusive license intentionally or by gross negligence, the court may take
these circumstances into consideration in determining the amount of
compensation.
(Presentation of Technical Reports of Expert Opinion on Registrability of
Utility Models)
Article 29-2 A holder of utility model right or an exclusive licensee may not
exercise his/her utility model right or exclusive license against an infringer, etc.
of his/her own utility model right or exclusive license unless he/she has warned
by presenting the Technical Reports of Expert Opinion on Registrability of
Utility Models with respect to the registered utility model.
(Liability of holder of utility model right, etc.)
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Article 29-3 (1) Where a trial decision to the effect that the utility model
registration is to be invalidated (excluding those rendered on the ground of
Article 37, paragraph (1), item (vi)) has become final and binding after the
holder of utility model right or the exclusive licensee exercised his/her right
against, or gave warning thereof to, an infringer, etc., the person shall be liable
to compensate damage sustained by the infringer, etc. as a result of the
exercise of his/her right or the warning; provided, however, that this shall not
apply where the holder or the exclusive licensee exercised his/her right or gave
warning thereof based on the utility model technical opinion stated in the
Technical Reports of Expert Opinion on Registrability of Utility Models
(excluding those to the effect that the device claimed in the application for
utility model registration or the registered utility model cannot be registered
under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (2)
(limited to those with respect to the device listed in the said item), Article 3-2,
and Article 7, paragraphs (1) to (3) and (6)) or with other reasonable care.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to
the case where the holder of utility model right or the exclusive licensee
exercised his/her right, or gave warning thereof, based on the device which has
come to fall outside the scope of claims for a utility model right at the time of
the registration of the establishment of the utility model right as a result of
any correction made to the description, scope of claims for a utility model right
or drawing attached to the application in the application for utility model
registration referred to in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) or (7).
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 30 The provisions of Articles 104-2 to 106 (obligation to clarify the
specific conditions (of infringement), restriction on exercise of rights of
patentee, etc., restriction on assertion, submission of documents, etc., expert
opinion on calculation of damages, determination of reasonable damages,
protective order, rescission of protective order, notice, etc. of a request for
inspection of record, etc., ban on open examination of parties, etc. and
measures to restore credibility) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis
to infringement of utility model rights or exclusive licenses. In this case, the
terms "the following decision or trial decision has become final and binding"
and "the said decision or trial decision has become final and binding" in Article
104-4 of the said Act shall be deemed to be replaced with "the trial decision
listed in item (i) has become final and binding, or any correction listed in item
(iii) has been made" and "the said trial decision has become final and binding,
or any correction has been made," respectively, and the term "a decision or a
trial decision to the effect that the description, scope of claims for a utility
model registration or drawings attached to the application with respect to the
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said patent is to be corrected" in item (iii) of the said Article shall be deemed to
be replaced with "any correction referred to in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) or (7)
of the Utility Model Act of the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings attached to the application with respect to the said
utility model registration."
Section 3 Registration Fees
(Registration fees)
Article 31 (1) A person who obtains the registration of establishment of a utility
model right or a holder of utility model right shall pay as registration fees the
amount listed in the lower column of the following table in accordance with the
category listed in the upper column, for each registered utility model and for
each year from the date of the registration of establishment of the utility model
right to the expiration of the duration provided in Article 15:
Period within term Amount
First to third year Annually 2,100 yen plus 100 yen per
claim
Fourth to sixth year Annually 6,100 yen plus 300 yen per
claim
Seventh to tenth year Annually 18,100 yen plus 900 yen
per claim
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to utility model
rights belonging to the State.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), where a utility model right
is jointly owned by persons including the State and/or a person subject to
reduction of the registration fees or exemption therefrom under Article 32-2 or
the provisions of any other laws and regulations (hereinafter referred to in this
paragraph as "reduction/exemption"), and the portion of their respective shares
of the said utility model right has been specified, the registration fees payable
under paragraph (1) shall be determined as the sum of the amounts calculated
for each person other than the State jointly owning the utility model right by
multiplying the applicable registration fees provided in paragraph (1) (in the
case of a person subject to reduction/exemption, the amount after deducting the
said reduction/exemption) by the ratio of the share of each person other than
the State jointly owning the utility model right, and, the persons other than
the State shall pay such sum.
(4) For the amount of registration fees calculated under the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, fractional figures of less than ten yen shall be discarded.
(5) The payment of registration fees referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made by
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patent revenue stamps as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry; provided, however, that where so specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a payment in cash
thereof may be accepted.
(Time limit for payment of registration fees)
Article 32 (1) The registration fees for each year from the first to the third year
under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) shall be paid in a lump sum at
the same time as the filing of the application for utility model registration (or,
in the case where an application is converted under the provisions of Article 10,
paragraph (1) or (2) or an application is divided under the provisions of Article
44, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 11, paragraph (1), at the same time as the conversion or divis ion of the
application).
(2) The registration fees for each year from the fourth year to subsequent years
under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) shall be paid by the end of the
previous year.
(3) The Commissioner of the Patent Office may, upon request from a person who
is responsible for paying the registration fees, extend the period provided in
paragraph (1) within a period not exceeding 30 days.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3), where, due to
reasons beyond the control of the person who pays the registration fees, he/she
is unable to pay the registration fees within the extended period under the
provisions of the preceding paragraph, the person may pay the registration fees
within 14 days (where the applicant is an overseas resident, within two
months) from the date on which the reasons ceased to exist, but not later than
six months after the said period lapsed.
(Reduction/exemption or deferment of registration fees)
Article 32-2 Where a person who is responsible for paying the registration fees
for each year from the first to the third year under the provisions of Article 31,
paragraph (1) is the creator of the device claimed in the application for utility
model registration or his/her heir, if the Commissioner of the Patent Office
recognizes that the person has difficulties in paying the registration fees due to
insufficient financial means, the Commissioner of the Patent Office may grant
the person a reduction of, exemption from or deferment of the payment of the
registration fees as specified by Cabinet Order.
(Late payment of registration fees)
Article 33 (1) Where a holder of utility model right is unable to pay the
registration fees within the period provided in Article 32, paragraph (2) or the
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period for deferred payment under the provisions of Article 32-2, he/she may
make a late payment of the registration fees after the said period lapses, but
not later than six months following the expiration of the said period.
(2) The holder of utility model right who makes a late payment of the registration
fees under the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall pay, in addition to
the registration fees to be paid under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph
(1), a registration surcharge in the same amount as the registration fees.
(3) The payment of the registration surcharge referred to in the preceding
paragraph shall be made by patent revenue stamps as specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; provided, however,
that where so specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry, a payment in cash thereof may be accepted.
(4) Where a holder of utility model right fails to pay, within the period allowed
for late payment of the registration fees under the provisions of paragraph (1),
the registration fees for each year from the fourth and subsequent years under
the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) and the registration surcharge
referred to in paragraph (2), the utility model right shall be deemed to have
been extinguished retroactively upon the expiration of the period provided in
Article 32, paragraph (2).
(5) Where a holder of utility model right fails to pay, within the period allowed
for late payment of the registration fees under the provisions of paragraph (1),
the registration fees for which deferment was granted under the provisions of
Article 32-2 and the registration surcharge referred to in paragraph (2), the
utility model right shall be deemed to have not existed from the beginning.
(Restoration of utility model right by late payment of registration fees)
Article 33-2 (1) Where an original holder of the utility model right which was
deemed to have been extinguished under the provisions of Article 33,
paragraph (4), or which was deemed to have not existed from the beginning
under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (5) has justifiable reasons for
having been unable to pay the registration fee or the registration surcharge
provided in Article 33, paragraph (4) or (5) within the period allowed for late
payment of the registration fees under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph
(1), the original holder may make a late payment of the registration fees or the
surcharge within two months from the date on which the reasons ceased to
exist, but not later than one year following the expiration of the said period;
(2) Where a late payment of the registration fees or the registration surcharge is
made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the utility model right
shall be deemed to have been maintained retroactively from the time of
expiration of the period provided in Article 32, paragraph (2) or to have existed
from the beginning.
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(Restriction on effect of restored utility model right)
Article 33-3 (1) Where a utility model right has been restored under the
provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the utility model right
shall not be effective on the article in which the registered utility model has
been embodied which was imported into, manufactured or acquired within
Japan after the period allowed for making a late payment of the registration
fees has lapsed under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1) but before the
registration of the restoration of the utility model right.
(2) A restored utility model right under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the
preceding Article shall not be effective on the following acts committed after
the period during which a late payment of the registration fees is allowed
under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1) lapses but before the
registration of the restoration of the utility model right:
(i) acts of working the said device;
(ii) acts of producing, assigning, etc., or importing or offering for assignment,
etc. any product to be used for producing the article in which the registered
utility model has been embodied; and
(iii) acts of possessing an article in which the registered utility model has been
embodied for the purpose of assigning, leasing or exporting it.
(Refund of already-paid registration fees)
Article 34 (1) The already paid registration fees that fall under any of the
following items shall be refunded upon request from the person who paid them:
(i) registration fees paid in error or in excess;
(ii) registration fees in the case where the disposition to the effect that the
application for utility model registration is to be dismissed has become final
and binding;
(iii) registration fees for each year following the year in which a trial decision
to the effect that the utility model registration is to be invalidated has
become final and binding; and
(iv) registration fees for each year following the year in which the duration of
the utility model right would have expired.
(2) A request for refund of registration fees under the provisions of the preceding
paragraph may not be filed after one year from the date of payment in the case
of the registration fees referred to in item (i) above, after six months from the
date on which the disposition or the trial decision became final and binding in
the case of the registration fees referred to in items (ii) or (iii) above, or after
one year from the date on which the establishment of the utility model right
was registered in the case of the registration fees referred to in items (iv) above.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1), where, due to reasons
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beyond the control of the person who files a requests for refund of registration
fees under the provisions of paragraph (1), the person is unable to file the
request within the period provided in the preceding paragraph, the person may
file the request within 14 days (where the applicant is an overseas resident,
within two months) from the date on which the reasons ceased to exist, but not
later than six months after the said period lapsed.
Article 35 Deleted
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 36 The provisions of Article 110 of the Patent Act (payment of patent fees
by interested persons) shall apply mutatis mutandis to registration fees.
Chapter V Appeals/Trials
(Invalidation trial of utility model registration)
Article 37 (1) Where a utility model registration falls under any of the following
items, a request for invalidation trial of the utility model registration may be
filed. In this case, if there are two or more claims, a request for invalidation
trial of the utility model registration may be filed for each claim.
(i) where the utility model registration has been granted with respect to an
application for utility model registration with an amendment that does not
comply with the requirements provided in Article 2-2, paragraph (2);
(ii) where the utility model registration has been granted in violation of the
provisions of Article 25 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 2-5, paragraph (3) of the Utility Model Act, Articles 3, 3-2,
4, Article 7, paragraphs (1) to (3) or Article 7, paragraph (6), or Article 38 of
the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11,
paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act (where the utility model registration
has been granted in violation of Article 38 of the provisions of the Patent Act
as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1) of this Act,
excluding the case where the transfer of a utility model right with respect to
the said utility model registration has been registered based on a request
made under the provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model
Act);
(iii) where the utility model registration has been granted in violation of a
treaty;
(iv) where the utility model registration has been granted with respect to an
application for utility model registration that does not comply with the
requirements provided in Article 5, paragraph (4) or (6) (excluding item (iv));
(v) where the said utility model registration has been granted with respect to
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an application for utility model registration filed by a person does not have
any right to obtain a utility model registration for the device (excluding the
case where the transfer of a utility model right with respect to the said
utility model registration has been registered based on the request made
under the provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (1));
(vi) where, after a utility model registration has been granted, the holder of
utility model right has become unable to hold the utility model right under
the provisions of Article 25 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 2-5, paragraph (3), or the utility model registration has
come to violate a treaty; and
(vii) where any correction of the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or drawings attached to the application for the utility model
registration has been made in violation of the provisions of Article 14-2,
paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) Any person may file a request for invalidation trial of utility model
registration; provided, however, that where a request for invalidation trial of
utility model registration is filed on the ground that the utility model
registration falls under item (ii) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the case
where the utility model registration is obtained in violation of Article 38 of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1))
or item (v) of the preceding paragraph, only a person who holds the right to
obtain a utility model registration for the device with respect to the said utility
model registration may file a request for invalidation trial of utility model
registration.
(3) A request for invalidation trial of utility model registration may be filed even
after the utility model right has lapsed.
(4) Where a request for invalidation trial of utility model registration has been
filed, the chief trial examiner shall notify the exclusive licensee of the utility
model right and other persons who hold any registered rights relating to the
utility model to the effect.
(Formal requirements of request for trial)
Article 38 (1) A person who files a request for trial shall submit a written
request stating the following items to the Commissioner of the Patent Office:
(i) the names, and the addresses or residences of the party and the
representative thereof;
(ii) the indication of the trial case; and
(iii) the subject of and grounds for the request
(2) For the grounds for the request listed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph,
the facts on which invalidation of the utility model registration is based shall
be identified in concrete terms, and the relationship of each fact that is
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required to be proven with the relevant evidence shall be stated.
(Amendment of request for trial)
Article 38-2 (1) Any amendment of the written request filed under the provisions
of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall not change the gist thereof;
provided, however, that this shall not apply in the event that an approval is
granted by the chief trial examiner under the provisions of the following
paragraph.
(2) Where any amendment of the grounds for the request listed in Article 38,
paragraph (1), item (iii) changes the gist thereof, the chief trial examiner may
approve such an amendment, if he/she recognizes that there is no risk that the
said amendment causes unreasonable delay of the proceedings and any of the
following grounds exists:
(i) correction referred to in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) has given rise to a need
for making an amendment to the grounds for the request; and
(ii) other than the case listed in the preceding item, there exist reasonable
grounds for not stating the grounds for the request with respect to the
amendment of the request at the time of filing a request for trial, and the
demandee has agreed on such an amendment.
(3) An approval for the amendment under the preceding paragraph may not be
granted if a written amendment with respect to the said amendment is
submitted prior to the service of a copy of the written request under the
provisions of Article 39, paragraph (1).
(4) No appeal shall be filed against a decision made under paragraph (2) or
inaction thereof.
(Submission of written reply, etc.)
Article 39 (1) Where a request for trial has been filed, the chief trial examiner
shall serve a copy of the written request to the demandee and give him/her an
opportunity to submit a written reply, designating an adequate period.
(2) Where the chief trial examiner approves an amendment of the written request
under the provisions of Article 38-2, paragraph (2), he/she shall serve a copy of
the written amendment with respect to the said amendment to the demandee,
and shall give him/her an opportunity to submit a written reply, designating
an adequate period; provided, however, that this shall not apply where special
circumstances exist under which it is recognized that giving an opportunity to
the demandee to submit a written reply is not required.
(3) Upon receipt of a written reply as provided in paragraph (1) or the main
clause of the preceding paragraph, or where a correction as provided referred
to in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) or (7) has been made while an invalidation
trial of utility model registration is pending at the Japan Patent Office, the
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chief trial examiner shall serve to the demandant a copy thereof.
(4) The chief trial examiner may question the parties and the intervenors
relating to the trial.
(5) Where, after a request for invalidation trial of the utility model registration
has been filed, a patent application under the provisions of Article 46-2,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act is filed based on the utility model registration,
the chief trial examiner shall notify the demandant and the intervenors thereof.
(Withdrawal of request for trial)
Article 39-2 (1) A request for trial may be withdrawn before a trial decision
becomes final and binding.
(2) A request for trial may not be withdrawn after a written reply referred to in
Article 39, paragraph (1) has been submitted, unless the consent of the adverse
party has not been obtained.
(3) Where the demandant for trial has received a notice under the provisions of
Article 39, paragraph (5), notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, he/she may withdraw the request for trial only within 30 days from
the date on which he/she received the notice.
(4) The provisions of Article 4 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to
the period referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "The
Commissioner of the Patent Office" in the said Article shall be deemed to be
replaced with "The chief trial examiner".
(5) Where, due to reasons beyond the control of the demandant for trial, he/she is
unable to withdraw the request for trial within the period provided in
paragraph (3), the demandant may, notwithstanding the provisions of the said
paragraph, withdraw the request within 14 days (in the case where the
demandant is an overseas resident, within two months) from the date on which
the reasons ceased to exist, but not later than six months following the
expiration of the said period.
(6) When a request for invalidation trial of utility model registration has been
filed with regard to two or more claims contained in a utility model registration
containing two or more claims, the request may be withdrawn for each of the
claims.
(Relationship with lawsuits)
Article 40 (1) Where it is deemed to be necessary during a trial, the trial
proceedings may be suspended until a trial decision in another trial has
become final and binding or court proceedings have been concluded.
(2) Where an action is instituted or a motion for order of provisional seizure or
order of provisional disposition is filed, the court may, if it considers it to be
necessary, suspend the court proceedings until the trial decision becomes final
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and binding.
(3) Where an action with respect to infringement of a utility model right or an
exclusive license is instituted, the court shall notify the Commissioner of the
Patent Office thereof. The same shall apply when the said court proceedings
have been concluded.
(4) Where the Commissioner of the Patent Office receives a notice provided in the
preceding paragraph, he/she shall notify the court of whether a request for
trial with regard to the utility model right has been filed. The same shall apply
when, with regard to the trial, a decision dismissing the written request or a
trial decision has been rendered or the request has been withdrawn.
(5) Where the court receives a notice to the effect that a request for trial with
regard to a utility model right has been filed under the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, if a document stating a method of allegation or defense
under the provisions of Article 104-3, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30 of the Utility Model Act has
already been submitted in the court proceedings prior to the said notice, or if
the said document is submitted for the first time after the said notice, the court
shall notify the Commissioner of the Patent Office thereof.
(6) Where the Commissioner of the Patent Office receives a notice provided in the
preceding paragraph, he/she may request the court to deliver a copy of any
record of the court proceedings which the trial examiner considers it to be
necessary for the trial.
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 41 The provisions of Articles 125, 132 to 133-2, 135 to 154, Article 156,
paragraphs (1), (3) and (4), Articles 157, 167 and 167-2, Article 169,
paragraphs (1), (2), (5) and (6), and Article 170 of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis to appeals and trials. In this case, the term "shall, in a trial
other than a trial for patent invalidation, notify" in Article 156, paragraph (1)
of the said Act shall be deemed to be replaced with "shall notify."
Chapter VI Retrial and Litigation
(Request for retrial)
Article 42 (1) A party or an intervenor may file a request for retrial against a
final and binding trial decision.
(2) The provisions of Articles 338, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 339
(grounds for retrial) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No109 of 1996) shall
apply mutatis mutandis to requests for retrial as provided in the preceding
paragraph.
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Article 43 (1) Where a demandant for trial, in conspiracy with the demandee,
has caused the trial decision to be rendered for the purpose of harming the
right or interest of any third party, the third party may file a request for
retrial against the final and binding trial decision.
(2) A request for retrial referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be filed
against the demandant and the demandee in the trial as joint demandees.
(Restriction on effect of utility model right restored by retrial)
Article 44 (1) Where a utility model right with respect to an invalidated utility
model registration has been restored by a retrial, such a utility model right
shall not be effective on any articles relating thereto imported into,
manufactured or acquired in Japan in good faith, after the trial decision
became final and binding but before the registration of the request for retrial.
(2) Where a utility model right embodied in the invalidated utility model
registration has been restored by a retrial, such a utility model right shall not
be effective on the following acts conducted after the trial decision became final
and binding but before the registration of the request for retrial:
(i) the act of working the device in good faith;
(ii) the act of producing, assigning, etc., importing or offering for assignment,
etc., in good faith, any product used for manufacturing any article in which
the registered utility model has been embodied; and
(iii) the act of possessing an article, in good faith, in which the registered
utility model has been embodied for the purpose of assigning, leasing or
exporting it.
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 45 (1) The provisions of Articles 173 (time limit for request for retrial),
174, paragraphs (3) and (5) (application mutatis mutandis of provisions
regarding trial, etc.), and 176 (non-exclusive license due to the working of the
invention prior to the registration of the request for a retrial) of the Patent Act
shall apply mutatis mutandis to retrials. In this case, in Article 174, paragraph
(3) of the said Act, the terms "Article 131, paragraph (1), the main clause of
Article 131-2, paragraph (1)," "Article 134, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)" and "to
Article 168" shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 38, paragraph (1), the
main clause of Article 38-2", "Article 39, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) of the
Utility Model Act," and "Article 167-2, Article 40 of the Utility Model Act,"
respectively.
(2) The provisions of Article 4 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to
the period provided in Article 173, paragraph (1) of the said Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
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Article 46 Deleted
(Action against trial decisions, etc.)
Article 47 (1) The Tokyo High Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any
action against a trial decision or a ruling to dismiss a written request for a
trial or a retrial.
(2) The provisions of Article 178, paragraphs (2) to (6) (statute of limitations for
filing an action, etc.), Articles 179 to 182-2 (appropriate party as defendant,
notice of institution of action, etc., opinion of the Commissioner of the Patent
Office in litigation rescinding the trial decision, rescission of the trial decision
or ruling, delivery of original copy of judgment, etc., and composition of panel)
of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to actions referred to in the
preceding paragraph.
(Action against the amount of compensation)
Article 48 (1) A person who has received a ruling referred to in Article 21,
paragraph (2), Article 22, paragraph (3) or (4), or Article 23, paragraph (2) may,
if he/she is not satisfied with the amount of compensation determined in the
ruling, institute an action requesting an increase or decrease of the said
amount.
(2) The provisions of Articles 183, paragraph (2) (statute of limitations for filing
an action) and Article 184 (appropriate party as defendant) of the Patent Act
shall apply mutatis mutandis to actions referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 48-2 Deleted
Chapter VII Special Provisions Concerning International Applications
under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(Application for utility model registration based on international application)
Article 48-3 (1) An international application (limited only to an application for
utility model registration) to which the international filing date is accorded
based on the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1), Article 11, paragraph (2),
item (b) or Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty signed in
Washington on June 19, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the "Treaty" in this
Chapter) and which includes Japan as a designated State under Article 4,
paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Treaty shall be deemed to be an application for
utility model registration filed on the said international filing date.
(2) The provisions of Article 184-3, paragraph (2) (patent application based on
international application) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to an
international application which has been deemed to be an application for
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utility model registration under the provisions of the preceding paragraph
(hereinafter referred to as "international application for utility model
registration").
(Translations of international application for utility model registration in
foreign language)
Article 48-4 (1) An applicant of an international application for utility model
registration filed in a foreign language (hereinafter referred to as "Utility
Model Registration Application in a Foreign Language") shall submit to the
Commissioner of the Patent Office Japanese translations of the description,
scope of claims, drawings (the descriptive text in such drawings only,
hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article), and the abstract, provided in
Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Treaty, as of the international filing date
provided in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as
"International Application Date") within a period from the priority date
referred to in Article 2 (xi) of the Treaty (hereinafter referred to as "priority
date") to two years and six months (hereinafter referred to as "Time Limit for
the Submission of National Documents") therefrom; provided, however, that
the applicant of an international application for utility model registration in
foreign language who has submitted the document provided in paragraph (1) of
the following Article during the period from two months before the expiration
of the period for the submission of national documents to the expiry date
thereof (excluding the case where the said translations have been submitted
prior to the date of submission of the said documents) may submit the said
translations within two months from the date of submission of the said
document (hereinafter referred to as "Special Time Limit for the Submission of
Translations").
(2) In the case of the preceding paragraph, where the applicant of the application
for utility model registration in foreign language has made an amendment
based on the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Treaty, the applicant
may, in lieu of the translation of the scope of claim(s) provided in the preceding
paragraph, submit a translation of the amended scope of claim(s).
(3) Where the translation of the description provided in paragraph (1) and the
translation of the scope of claim(s) provided in the preceding two paragraphs
(hereinafter referred to as "translations of the description, etc.") have not been
submitted within the time limit for the submission of national documents (in
the case of an application for utility model registration in foreign language
under the proviso to paragraph (1), the special time limit for the submission of
translations, hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article), the international
application for utility model registration shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn.
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(4) An applicant for the international application for utility model registration
that was deemed to have been withdrawn pursuant to the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, where there are justifiable grounds for having not been
able to submit the said translation of the description, etc., within the time
limit for the submission of national documents, may submit to the
Commissioner of the Patent Office the translation of the description, etc. and
the translations of drawings and the abstract provided in paragraph (1) only
within two months from the date on which the reasons ceased to exist, but not
later than one year following the expiration of the period for the submission of
national documents.
(5) The translations submitted under the provisions of the preceding paragraph
shall be deemed to have been submitted to the Commissioner of the Patent
Office at the time of the expiration of the time limit for the submission of
national documents.
(6) Where any amendment based on the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of
the Treaty has been made, an applicant who has submitted the translation of
the scope of claim(s) provided in paragraph (1) may further submit a Japanese
translation of the said amended scope of claim(s) no later than the date on
which the time limit for the submission of national documents expires (where
the applicant files a request under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2)
or Article 40, paragraph (2) of the Treaty within the time limit for the
submission of national documents (hereinafter referred to as "Request for
National Processing"), the time of filing the request for national processing
(hereinafter referred to as "National Processing Standard Time")).
(7) The provisions of the main clause of Article 184-7, paragraph (3) of the Patent
Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case where the translation provided in
paragraph 2 or the preceding paragraph has not been submitted.
(Submission of documents and order to amend procedures, etc.)
Article 48-5 (1) An applicant for an international application for utility model
registration shall submit a document to the Commissioner of the Patent Office
within the time limit for the submission of national documents stating the
following matters:
(i) the name, and the address or residence of the applicant;
(ii) the name, and the address or residence of the creator of the device; and
(iii) the international application number and other matters specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(2) The Commissioner of the Patent Office may order the applicant to make an
amendment to the procedures, designating a reasonable period, in any of the
following cases:
(i) where the document to be submitted under the provisions of the preceding
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paragraph is not submitted within the time limit for the submission of
national documents;
(ii) where the procedures under the provisions of the preceding paragraph
violate the provisions of Articles 7, paragraphs (1) to (3) or Article 9 of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 2-5, paragraph
(2);
(iii) where the procedure under the provisions of the preceding paragraph
violates the formal requirements specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry;
(iv) where a translation of the abstract to be submitted under the provisions of
paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is not submitted within the time limit
for the submission of national documents (in the case of an application for
utility model registration in foreign language referred to in the proviso to
paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the special time limit for the
submission of translations);
(v) where the registration fees payable under the provisions of Article 32,
paragraph (1) are not paid within the time limit for the submission of
national documents; and
(vi) where the fees payable under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2)
are not paid within the time limit for the submission of national documents.
(3) The provisions of Article 184-5, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the amendment ordered under the provisions of the
preceding paragraph.
(4) An applicant of an international application for utility model registration may
file a request for national processing, only after he/she has paid the
registration fees payable under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) and
fees payable under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2), and, in the case
of an international application for utility model registration filed in Japanese
language (hereinafter referred to as "application for utility model registration
in Japanese language") has completed the procedures under the provisions of
paragraph (1), or, in the case of an application for utility model registration in
foreign language, has completed the procedures under the provisions of
paragraph (1) and Article 48-4, paragraph (1).
(Effect of the application, description, etc. of international application)
Article 48-6 (1) The application included in an international application for
utility model registration as of the international application date shall be
deemed to be an application submitted under the provisions of Article 5,
paragraph (1).
(2) The description of an application for utility model registration in Japanese
language as of the international application date and translations of the
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description of an application for utility model registration in foreign language
as of the international application date shall be deemed to be the description
submitted with the application under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2);
the scope of claim(s) of an application for utility model registration in Japanese
language as of the international application date and a translation of the scope
of claim(s) of an application for utility model registration in foreign language
as of the international application date shall be deemed to be the scope of
claim(s) submitted with the application under the provisions of Article 5,
paragraph (2); the drawing(s) of an application for utility model registration in
Japanese language as of the international application date, and drawing(s)
(excluding the descriptive text in the drawing(s)) and a translation of the
descriptive text in the drawing(s) of an application for utility model
registration in foreign language as of the international application date shall
be deemed to be the drawing(s) submitted with the application under the
provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2); and, the abstract of an application for
utility model registration in Japanese language and a translation of the
abstract of an application for utility model registration in foreign language
shall be deemed to be the abstract submitted with the application under the
provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2).
(3) Where a translation of the amended scope of claim(s) based on the provisions
of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Treaty is submitted under the provisions of
Article 48-4, paragraph (2) or (6), notwithstanding the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, a translation of the said amended scope of claim(s) shall
be deemed to be the scope of claim(s) submitted with the application under the
provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2).
(Submission of drawings)
Article 48-7 (1) Where an international application for utility model registration
does not include any drawing as of the international application date, the
applicant thereof shall submit the drawing to the Commissioner of the Patent
Office on or before the date into which the national processing standard time
falls.
(2) Where the drawing under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has not
been submitted on or before the date into which the national processing
standard time falls, the Commissioner of the Patent Office may order the
applicant of the international application for utility model registration to
submit the drawing, designating a reasonable period.
(3) Where a person ordered to submit any drawing under the provisions of the
preceding paragraph does not submit the drawing within the designated period
under the provisions of the said paragraph, the Commissioner of the Patent
Office may dismiss the said international application for utility model
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registration.
(4) The submission of a drawing made under the provisions of paragraph (1) or
based on the order under the provisions of paragraph (2) (where a brief
description of the drawing is submitted with the drawing, the submission of
the drawing and the description) shall be deemed to be an amendment of
procedures under the provisions of Article 2-2, paragraph (1). In this case, the
provisions of the proviso to Article 2-2, paragraph (1) shall not apply to such
submission.
(Special provisions concerning amendment)
Article 48-8 (1) The provisions of the proviso to Article 2-2, paragraph (1) shall
not apply to an amendment which is, under the provisions of Article 184-7,
paragraph (2) and Article 184-8, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 48-15, paragraph (1), deemed to have
been made under the provisions of Article 2-2, paragraph (1).
(2) The provisions of the proviso to Article 2-2, paragraph (1) shall not apply to
an amendment made to an international application for utility model
registration under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) or Article 41,
paragraph (1) of the Treaty.
(3) With regard to the scope within which the description, scope of claims for a
utility model registration or drawings included in an application for utility
model registration in foreign language may be amended, the term "the
description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or drawing(s)
originally attached to the application" in Article 2-2, paragraph (2) shall be
deemed to be replaced with "the description, scope of claims or drawing of the
international application as of the international filing date referred to in
Article 48-4, paragraph (1)."
(4) The provisions of Article 184-12, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis to an amendment made to an international application for
utility model registration based on the provisions of the main clause of Article
2-2, paragraph (1) or Article 28, paragraph (1) or Article 41, paragraph (1) of
the Treaty. In this case, the term "Article 195, paragraph (2)" in Article 184-12,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act shall be deemed to be replaced with
"registration fees payable under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of
the Utility Model Act and Article 54, paragraph (2) of the said Act," and "has
been paid, and after the national processing standard time has lapsed" shall be
deemed to be replaced with "has been paid."
(Special provisions concerning requirements for utility model registration)
Article 48-9 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 3-2, in
the case where another application for utility model registration or patent
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application provided in Article 3-2 is an international application for utility
model registration or an international patent application referred to in Article
184-3, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act, the term "another application for utility
model registration or for patent" in Article 3-2 shall be deemed to be replaced
with "another application for utility model registration or for patent (excluding
an application for utility model registration application in foreign language
referred to in Article 48-4, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act or a patent
application in foreign language referred to in Article 184-4, paragraph (1) of
the Patent Act which has been deemed to have been withdrawn under the
provisions of Article 48-4, paragraph (3) of the Utility Model Act or Article 184-
4, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act," the term "the issuance or" shall be deemed
to be replaced with "the issuance," the term "or the publication of the patent
application" shall be deemed to be replaced with "or the publication of the
patent application, or the international publication provided in Article 21 of
the Patent Cooperation Treaty signed in Washington on June 19, 1970," and
the term "the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or
drawings originally attached to the written application" shall be deemed to be
replaced with "the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration,
or drawings of an international application as of the international filing date
under Article 48-4, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act or Article 184-4,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act."
(Special provisions concerning claim of priority based on application for utility
model registration)
Article 48-10 (1) The provisions of the proviso to Article 8, paragraph (1), Article
8, paragraph (4) and Article 9, paragraph (2) shall not apply to international
applications for utility model registration.
(2) For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (3)
to applications for utility model registration in Japanese language, the term
"the Utility Model Gazette with regard to the said application for utility model
registration was issued" in Article 8, paragraph (3) shall be deemed to be
replaced with "the Utility Model Gazette with regard to the said application for
utility model registration was issued or the international publication was
effected under Article 21 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty signed in
Washington on June 19, 1970."
(3) For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (3)
to applications for utility model registration in foreign language, the term "in
the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or drawings
originally attached to the application in an application for utility model
registration" in Article 8, paragraph (3) shall be deemed to be replaced with
"the description, scope of claims or drawings of an international application as
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of the international filing date referred to in Article 48-4, paragraph (1)," the
term "the Utility Model Gazette with regard to the earlier application or the
publication of the earlier application shall be deemed to have been issued"
shall be deemed to be replaced with "the Utility Model Gazette with regard to
the earlier application or the publication of the earlier application shall be
deemed to have been issued or the international publication provided in Article
21 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty signed in Washington on June 19, 1970."
(4) For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Articles 8, paragraphs
(1) to (3) and Article 9, paragraph (1), in the case where the earlier application
referred to in Article 8, paragraph (1) of this Act is an international application
for utility model registration or an international patent application referred to
in Article 184-3, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act, the term "the description or
scope of claims for a utility model registration or patent, or drawings originally
attached to the application" in Articles 8, paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be
deemed to be replaced with "the description, scope of claims or drawings of the
international application as of the international application date under Article
48-4, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act or Article 184-4, paragraph (1) of
the Patent Act," the term "the description, scope of claims for a utility model
registration or patent or drawings originally attached to the application of the
earlier application" in Article 8, paragraph (3) shall be deemed to be replaced
with "the description, scope of claims or drawings of the international
application of the earlier application as of the international application date
under Article 48-4, paragraph (1) of this Act or Article 184-4, paragraph (1) of
the Patent Act," the term "publication of unexamined application" in Article 8,
paragraph (3) shall be deemed to be replaced with "the international
publication provided in Article 21 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty signed in
Washington on June 19, 1970," and the term "when a period specified by an
Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has lapsed from the
application date" in Article 9, paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be replaced
with "at the time of the national processing standard time referred to in Article
48-4, paragraph (6) of this Act or Article 184-4, paragraph (6) of the Patent Act
or at the time when a period specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry has lapsed from the international filing date
under Article 48-4, paragraph (1) of this Act or Article 184-4, paragraph (1) of
the Patent Act, whichever comes later."
(Special provisions concerning conversion of application)
Article 48-11 An international application that has been deemed to be a patent
application under the provisions of Article 184-3, paragraph (1) or Article 184-
20, paragraph (4) of the Patent Act may be converted into an application for
utility model registration, only after the fees payable under the provisions of
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Article 195, paragraph (2) of the said Act have been paid (or, in the case of an
international application that is deemed to be a patent application under the
provisions of Article 184-20, paragraph (4) of the said Act, after the decision
provided in Article 184-20, paragraph (4) has been rendered), and, in the case
of a patent application in Japanese language referred to in Article 184-6,
paragraph (2) of the said Act, the procedures pursuant to Article 184-5,
paragraph (1) of the said Act have been completed, or, in the case of a patent
application in foreign language referred to in Article 184-4, paragraph (1) of
the said Act, the procedures under Articles 184-4, paragraph (1) or (4), and
184-5, paragraph (1) of the said Act have been completed.
(Special provisions concerning the time limit for payment of registration fees)
Article 48-12 For the purpose of the payment of the registration fees of an
international application for utility model registration for each year from the
first to the third year, the term "at the same time as the filing of the
application for utility model registration" in Article 32, paragraph (1) shall be
deemed to be replaced with "within the time limit for the submission of
national documents provided in Article 48-4, paragraph (1) (in the case where a
request for national processing provided in Article 48-4, paragraph (6) is filed,
on or before the filing of the request for national processing)."
(Restriction on the timing of filing a request for utility model technical opinion)
Article 48-13 For the purpose of the filing of a request for utility model technical
opinion with respect to an international application for utility model
registration, the term "any person" in Article 12, paragraph (1) shall be
deemed to be replaced with "after the national processing standard time
provided in Article 48-4, paragraph (6) has lapsed, any person."
(Special provisions concerning correction)
Article 48-13-2 For the purpose of a request for correction under the provisions
of Article 14-2, paragraph (1) with respect to an application for utility model
registration in foreign language, the term "the description, scope of claims for a
utility model registration or drawings attached to the application" in Article
14-2, paragraph (3) shall be deemed to be replaced with "the description, scope
of claims or drawings of the international application as of the international
application date referred to in Article 48-4, paragraph (1)."
(Special provisions concerning grounds for invalidation)
Article 48-14 For the purpose of an invalidation trial of utility model
registration with respect to an application for utility model registration in
foreign language, the term "where the utility model registration has been
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granted on an application for a utility model registration with an amendment
that does not comply with the requirements as provided in Article 2-2,
paragraph (2)" in Article 37, paragraph (1), item (i) shall be deemed to be
replaced with "where the matters stated in the description, scope of claims for
a utility model registration or drawing attached to the application for the
utility model registration with respect to an application for utility model
registration in foreign language referred to in Article 48-4, paragraph (1) do
not remain within the scope of the matters stated in the description, scope of
claims or drawing of the international application as of the international
application date referred to in Article 48-4, paragraph (1)."
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 48-15 (1) Provisions of Articles 184-7 (amendment under Article 19 of the
Treaty with regard to Patent Application in Japanese Language) and Article
184-8, paragraphs (1) to (3) (amendment under Article 34 of the Treaty) of the
Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to amendments to international
applications for utility model registration made under the Treaty. In this case,
the term "Article 17-2, paragraph (1)" in Articles 184-7, paragraph (2) and 184-
8, paragraph (2) shall be deemed to be replaced with "Article 2-2. Paragraph (1)
of the Utility Model Act."
(2) The provisions of Article 184-11 (Special provisions concerning patent
administrators for overseas residents) of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the procedures for international applications for utility model
registration.
(3) The provisions of Articles 184-9, paragraph (6) and 184-14 of the Patent Act
shall apply mutatis mutandis to international applications for utility model
registration.
(International application deemed to be application for utility model
registration by decision)
Article 48-16 (1) Where a refusal provided in Article 25, paragraph (1), item (a)
of the Treaty or a declaration provided in Article 25, paragraph (1), item (a) or
(b) of the Treaty has been made by the receiving Office referred to in Article 2
(xv) of the Treaty, or a finding provided in Article 25, paragraph (1), item (a) of
the Treaty has been made by the International Bureau referred to in Article 2
(xix) of the Treaty in relation to an international application referred to in
Article 2 (vii) of the Treaty (limited to applications for utility model
registration) which includes Japan as a designated State under Article 4 (1)(ii)
of the Treaty, the applicant of the international application may make a
request to the effect that the Commissioner of the Patent Office shall render a
decision provided in Article 25 (2)(a) of the Treaty as specified by an Ordinance
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of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry within a period specified by
the Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(2) Any person who makes a request referred to in the preceding paragraph with
regard to an international application in foreign language shall submit, at the
time of filing the request to the Commissioner of the Patent Office, Japanese
translations of documents concerning the international application as specified
by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, including the
description, scope of claims, drawings (limited to the descriptive text in the
drawings), and abstract.
(3) Upon receiving a request referred to in paragraph (1), the Commissioner of
the Patent Office shall render a decision on whether the refusal, declaration or
finding relating thereto may be justified in the light of the provisions of the
Treaty and the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
(4) Where the Commissioner of the Patent Office has rendered a decision under
the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the effect that the refusal,
declaration or finding referred to in the said paragraph is not justifiable in the
light of the provisions of the Treaty and the Regulations under the Patent
Cooperation Treaty, the international application for which the decision was
rendered shall be deemed to be an application for utility model registration
filed on the date which would have been recognized as the international filing
date if no such refusal, declaration or finding had been made for the
international application.
(5) The provisions of Article 48-6, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 48-7, Article 48-
8, paragraph (3), Article 48-9, Article 48-10, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4), and
Articles 48-12 to 48-14 of the Utility Model Act and Article 184-3, paragraph
(2), Article 184-9, paragraph (6), Article 184-12, paragraph (1) and Article 184-
14 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to international applications
that are deemed to be an application for utility model registration under the
provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the technical replacement
of terms necessary for the mutatis mutandis application of the said provisions
shall be specified by Cabinet Order.
Chapter VIII Miscellaneous Provisions
(Registration in the utility model registry)
Article 49 (1) The following matters shall be registered in the utility model
registry maintained at the Patent Office:
(i) the establishment, transfer, modification due to trust, lapse, restoration, or
restriction on disposition of utility model rights;
(ii) the establishment, maintenance, transfer, modification, lapse, or restriction
on disposal of exclusive licenses; and
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(iii) the establishment, transfer, modification, lapse, or restriction on disposal
of rights of pledge for the purpose of utility model rights or exclusive licenses.
(2) The utility model registry may be prepared, in whole or in part, in the form of
magnetic tapes (including other storage media using a method equivalent
thereto that may reliably record and store certain matters, the same shall
apply hereinafter).
(3) In addition to what is provided in the Utility Model Act, matters necessary for
registration shall be specified by Cabinet Order.
(Issuance of certificate of utility model registration)
Article 50 (1) The Commissioner of the Patent Office shall issue a certificate of
utility model registration to the holder of utility model right when the
establishment of the utility model right has been registered, when any
correction referred to in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) has been made, or when
the transfer of the utility model right has been registered based on a request
made under the provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (1).
(2) Matters with regard to re-issuance of certificates of utility model registration
shall be specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
(Special provisions for utility model registration or utility model right covering
two or more claims)
Article 50-2 Concerning utility model registrations or utility model rights
covering two or more claims, for the purposes of the application of the
provisions of Article 12, paragraph (2), Article 14-2, paragraph (8) of the
Utility Model Act, Article 97, paragraph (1) or Article 98, paragraph (1), item
(i) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 26 of this
Act, Article 34, paragraph (1), item (iii), Article 37, paragraph (3), Article 125
of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 41 of this
Act, Article 132, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
in Article 174, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 41 or Article 45, paragraph (1) of this Act, Article 44 of this
Act, Article 176 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 45, paragraph (1) of this Act, Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i) of this
Act, or Article 193, paragraph (2), item (v) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 53, paragraph (2) of this Act, the utility model
registration shall be deemed to have been granted, or the utility model right
shall be deemed to exist, for each claim.
(Indication of utility model registration)
Article 51 A holder of utility model right, exclusive licensee or non-exclusive
licensee shall make efforts to place an indication (hereinafter referred to as an
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"indication of utility model registration") as specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, on an article in which a registered
utility model has been embodied, or package thereof, indicating to the effect
that a registered utility model has been embodied in the article.
(Prohibition of false indication)
Article 52 No person shall commit any of the following acts.
(i) an act of placing an indication of utility model registration or an indication
that is liable to cause confusion therewith on an article in which a registered
utility model has not been embodied or on the package thereof;
(ii) an act of assigning, leasing or displaying for the purpose of assigning or
leasing an article in which a registered utility model has not been embodied,
or place an indication of utility model registration or an indication that is
liable to cause confusion therewith on the article or on the package thereof;
or
(iii) Regarding an article in which a registered utility model has not been
embodied, an act of placing in an advertisement an indication to the effect
that the registered utility model has been embodied in the article or an
indication that is liable to cause confusion therewith, for the purpose of
having the article manufactured or used, or assigning or leasing the article.
(Utility model gazette)
Article 53 (1) The Patent Office shall publish a utility model gazette.
(2) The provisions of Article 193, paragraph (2) (limited to the parts with respect
to items (iv) to (vi), (viii) and (ix)) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the utility
model gazettes.
(Fees)
Article 54 (1) The following persons shall pay the amount of fees specified by
Cabinet Order in view of the actual costs:
(i) persons who file a request for extension of the duration under the provisions
of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 2-5, paragraph (1) of this Act, Article 32, paragraph (3) of
this Act, or Article 4 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant
to Article 14-2, paragraph (5), Article 39-2, paragraph (4), Article 45,
paragraph (2) or Article 54-2, paragraph (5) of this Act, or a request for
change of the date under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 2-5, paragraph
(1) of this Act;
(ii) persons who notify of succession under the provisions of Article 34,
paragraph (4) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to
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Article 11, paragraph (2) of this Act;
(iii) persons who file a request for re-issuance of a certificate of utility model
registration;
(iv) persons who file a request for issuance of a certificate under the provisions
of Article 186, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (1) of this Act;
(v) persons who file a request for issuance of a certified copy of documents or
an extract of documents under the provisions of Article 186, paragraph (1) of
the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55,
paragraph (1) of this Act;
(vi) persons who file a request for inspection or copy of documents under the
provisions of Article 186, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (1); or
(vii) persons who file a request for issuance of documents stating matters
stored on the part made of the magnetic tapes in the utility model registry
under the provisions of Article 186, paragraph (1) of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (1) of this Act.
(2) The persons listed in the middle column of the appended table shall pay the
amount of fees specified by Cabinet Order within the scope listed in the lower
column of the table.
(3) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall not apply where a
person who should pay the fee under these provisions is the State.
(4) Where the State has joint ownership of a utility model right or the right to
obtain a utility model registration with person(s) other than the State, and the
portion of their respective shares of the said right has been agreed on,
notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2), the fees payable by the
State and other persons for their utility model right or right to obtain a utility
model registration under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) (limited to the
fees specified by Cabinet Order other than the fees for the filing of a request
for utility model technical opinion) shall be determined as the sum of the fees
provided in such provisions multiplied by the ratios of the share of each person
other than the State, and, the person(s) other than the State shall pay such
sum.
(5) Where the State or a person entitled to receive a reduction of the fees for the
request for utility model technical opinion or exemption therefrom under the
provisions of paragraph (8) or of any other laws and regulations (hereinafter
referred to as "reduction/exemption" in this paragraph) has joint ownership of
a utility model right or the right to obtain a utility model registration with
other person(s), and the portion of their respective shares of said right has
been agreed on, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the fees for
the request for utility model technical opinion payable by such persons for
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their utility model right or right to obtain a utility model registration under
the provisions of paragraph (2) shall be determined as the sum of the amounts
calculated for each person other than the State jointly owning the right, by
multiplying the applicable fees for the request for utility model technical
opinion provided in paragraph (2) (in the case of a person who receives the
reduction/exemption, the amount obtained after applying the said
reduction/exemption) by the ratios of the share of each person other than the
State, and the person(s) other than the State shall pay such sum.
(6) Where the amount of the fees calculated under the provisions of the two
preceding paragraphs has fractional figures less than ten yen, the said portion
shall be discarded.
(7) The payment of the fees referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made by
patent revenue stamps as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry; provided, however, that where so provided by an
Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a payment in cash
thereof may be accepted.
(8) Where the creator of a device claimed in an application for utility model
registration or of a registered utility model, or his/her heir, files a request for
utility model technical opinion with regard to the device claimed in the
application for utility model registration or the registered utility model, if the
Commissioner of the Patent Office recognizes that the person has difficulties in
paying the fees for the request for utility model technical opinion to be paid
under the provisions of paragraph (2) due to insufficient financial means,
he/she may grant the person a reduction of or exemption from the payment of
the fees as specified by Cabinet Order.
(Refund of fees)
Article 54-2 (1) After a request for utility model technical opinion has been filed,
where the request is deemed not to have been filed under the provisions of
Article 12, paragraph (7), the fees for the request paid under the provisions of
Article 54, paragraph (2) shall be refunded to the person.
(2) Where a request for invalidation trial of utility model registration has been
withdrawn within the period provided in Article 39-2, paragraph (3) or (5) (or,
in the case where the period provided in Article 39-2, paragraph (3) has been
extended under the provisions of Article 4 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 39-2, paragraph (4), within the extended period),
the fees for the request for invalidation trial paid under the provisions of
Article 54, paragraph (2) shall be refunded to the person upon his/her request.
(3) No request for refund of the fees under the provisions of the preceding
paragraph may be filed after six months have elapsed from the date on which
the request for invalidation trial of utility model registration was withdrawn.
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(4) Where an intervenor of an invalidation trial of utility model registration has
withdrawn his/her application for intervention within 30 days from the receipt
of notice under the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (5), the fees for filing
the application for intervention paid by the intervenor under the provisions of
Article 54, paragraph (2) shall be refunded to the intervenor upon his/her
request.
(5) The provisions of Article 4 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to
the period provided in paragraph (4). In this case, the term "The Commissioner
of the Patent Office" in the said Article shall be deemed to be replaced with
"The chief trial examiner."
(6) Where, due to reasons beyond the control of an intervenor of an invalidation
trial of utility model registration, he/she is unable to withdraw the application
for intervention within the period provided in paragraph (4), if the intervenor
has withdrawn the application within 14 days (in the case where the
intervenor is an overseas resident, within two months) from the date on which
the reasons ceased to exist and not later than six months following the
expiration of the said period, notwithstanding the provisions of the said
paragraph, the fees for filing the application for intervention paid by the
intervenor under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) shall be refunded
to the intervenor upon his/her request.
(7) No request for refund of the fees under the provisions of paragraphs (4) and
(6) may be filed after six months have lapsed from the date on which the
application for intervention was withdrawn.
(8) Where an intervenor of an invalidation trial of utility model registration has
not withdrawn his/her application for intervention, if the request for trial is
withdrawn within the period provided in paragraph (4) or (6) (or, in the case
where the period provided in paragraph (4) has been extended under the
provisions of Article 4 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant
to paragraph (5), within the extended period), the fees for the application for
intervention paid by the intervenor under Article 54, paragraph (2) shall be
refunded to the intervenor upon his/her request; provided, however, that this
shall not apply where the trial procedures have been continued under the
provisions of 148, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 41.
(9) No request for refund of the fees under the provisions of the preceding
paragraph may be filed after one year has lapsed from the date on which the
request for invalidation trial of utility model registration was withdrawn.
(10) Fees paid in excess or in error shall be refunded upon the request of the
person who made a payment thereof.
(11) No request for refund of the fees under the provisions of paragraph (11) may
be filed after one year has lapsed from the date on which the payment thereof
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has been made.
(12) Where, due to reasons beyond the control of a person who files a request for
refund of fees under the provisions of paragraphs (2), (4) or (6), (8) or (10),
within the period provided in paragraphs (3), (7), (9) or (11), notwithstanding
the provisions of these paragraphs, the person may file such a request within
14 days (in the case where the person is an overseas resident, within two
months) from the date on which the reasons ceased to exist and not later than
six months following the expiration of the period provided in these provisions.
(Application mutatis mutandis of the Patent Act)
Article 55 (1) The provisions of Article 186 (request for certificate, etc.) of the
Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to utility model registrations.
(2) The provisions of Articles 189 to 192 (service) of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis to services under the provisions of this Act.
(3) The provisions of Article 194 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis mutandis
to the procedures. In this case, the term "an examination" in paragraph (2) of
the said Article shall be deemed to be replaced with "a utility model technical
opinion provided in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act."
(4) The provisions of Article 195-3 of the Patent Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to dispositions under the provisions of this Act or regulations for
order issued based on this Act.
(5) The provisions of Article 195-4 (Restriction on request for examination under
the provisions of the Administrative Appeal Act) of the Patent Act shall apply
mutatis mutandis to trial decisions, decisions dismissing a written request for
trial or retrial, and dispositions against which no appeal may be filed or
inaction under the provisions of this Act.
Chapter IX Penal Provisions
(Crime of infringement)
Article 56 Any person who infringes a utility model right or exclusive license
shall be punished by imprisonment with work for a term not exceeding five
years or a fine not exceeding 5,000,000 yen or combination thereof.
(Crime of fraud)
Article 57 Any person who has obtained a utility model registration or a trial
decision by means of a fraudulent act shall be punished by imprisonment with
work for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding 1,000,000 yen.
(Crime of placing false indication)
Article 58 Any person who violates the provisions of Article 52 shall be punished
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by imprisonment with work for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not
exceeding 1,000,000 yen.
(Crime of perjury, etc.)
Article 59 (1) Any witness, expert witness or interpreter who has sworn under
the provisions of this Act and made a false statement or given a false expert
opinion or interpretation to the Patent Office or the court commissioned
thereby shall be punished by imprisonment with work for a term not less than
three months but not exceeding ten years.
(2) Where any person who has committed a crime referred to in the preceding
paragraph has made a voluntary confession before a certified copy of the
judgment relating to the case has been served or a trial decision has become
final and binding, the punishment may be reduced or exculpated.
(Crime of divulging secrets)
Article 60 Any present or former official of the Patent Office who has divulged or
misappropriated any secret relating to a device claimed in a pending
application for utility model registration that has become known to him/her in
the course of performing his/her duties shall be punished by imprisonment
with work for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding 500,000
yen.
(Crime of violation of protective order)
Article 60-2 (1) Any person who violates a protective order under the provisions
of Article 105-4, paragraph 1 of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 30 shall be punished by imprisonment with work for a term
not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding 5,000,000 yen or combination
thereof.
(2) The public prosecution of the crime referred to in the preceding paragraph
may not be instituted unless a complaint is filed.
(3) The crime referred to in paragraph (1) shall apply to any person who commits
the crime outside Japan.
(Dual liability)
Article 61 (1) Where a representative of a juridical person, or an agent, employee
or other worker of a juridical person or an individual has committed, in the
course of performing his/her duties for the juridical person or individual, any
act in violation of the provisions listed in any of the following items, in addition
to the offender, the juridical person shall be punished by a fine as specified in
the respective items and the individual shall be punished by a fine as referred
to in the Article:
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(i) Article 56 or 60-2, paragraph (1), a fine not exceeding 300 million yen; and
(ii) Article 57 or 58, a fine not exceeding 30 million yen.
(2) In the case of the preceding paragraph, a complaint referred to in Article 60-2,
paragraph (2) against the offender shall also have effect on the juridical person
or individual and a complaint against the juridical person or individual shall
also have effect on the offender.
(3) Where a fine is imposed on any juridical person or individual under the
provisions of paragraph (1) with regard to any act committed in violation of
Article 56 or 60-2, paragraph (1), the period of prescription provided for the
crime in these Articles shall apply.
(Civil fine)
Article 62 Where any person who has sworn under the provisions of Article 207,
paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis
under Article 151 of the Patent Act which is applied mutatis mutandis under
Articles 71, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 26 of this Act, is applied mutatis mutandis under Article 41
of this Act, or is applied mutatis mutandis under Article 174, paragraph (3) of
the Patent Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 45, paragraph
(1) of this Act has made a false statement before the Patent Office or a court
commissioned thereby, the said person shall be punished by a civil fine not
exceeding 100,000 yen.
Article 63 Any person who has been summoned by the Patent Office or a court
commissioned thereby under the provisions of this Act, and fails to appear or
refuses to swear, make a statement, testify, give an expert opinion or interpret,
without a justifiable ground, shall be punished by a civil fine not exceeding
100,000 yen.
Article 64 Any person who has been ordered by the Patent Office or a court
commissioned thereby to submit or present documents or other materials for
the purpose of examination or preservation of evidence under the provisions of
this Act and fails to comply with the order, without a justifiable ground, shall
be punished by a civil fine not exceeding 100,000 yen.
Supplementary Provisions
The effective date of this Act shall be prescribed separately by an Act.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 140 of May 16, 1962 Extract] [Extract]
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(1) This Act shall come into effect as from October 1, 1962.
(2) Unless otherwise provided for in the Supplementary Provisions, the
provisions revised by this Act shall also apply to any matters that have arisen
prior to the enforcement of this Act; provided, however, that this shall not
preclude the effect that has arisen under the provisions prior to revision by
this Act.
(3) With regard to lawsuits actually pending at the time of the enforcement of
this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable, notwithstanding
the provisions revised by this Act to the effect that the lawsuits may not be
filed.
(4) With regard to jurisdiction over lawsuits actually pending at the time of the
enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable,
notwithstanding the provisions revised by this Act to the effect that the
jurisdiction shall be the exclusive jurisdiction.
(5) With regard to the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit concerning a
disposition or determination, for which the statute of limitations for filing a
lawsuit pursuant to the provisions prior to revision by this Act has actually
progressed at the time of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable; provided, however, that this shall be limited to
the cases where the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit pursuant to the
provisions revised by this Act is shorter than that pursuant to the provisions
prior to revision by this Act.
(6) The statute of limitations for filing a party suit concerning a disposition
imposed or a determination made prior to the enforcement of this Act, for
which the statute of limitations has come to be set due to the revision by this
Act, shall be counted from the date of enforcement of this Act.
(7) With regard to actions seeking rescission of a disposition or determination
that are actually pending at the time of the enforcement of this Act, the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable, notwithstanding the
provisions revised by this Act to the effect that one party to the legal
relationship shall be the defendant; provided, however, that the court may,
upon the plaintiff's application, permit to change the action into a party suit by
its ruling.
(8) The provisions of the second sentence of Article 18, and Article 21,
paragraphs (2) to (5) inclusive of the Administrative Case Litigation Act shall
apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in the proviso to the preceding
paragraph.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 161 of September 15, 1962 Extract]
[Extract]
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(1) This Act shall come into effect as from October 1, 1962.
(2) The provisions revised by this Act shall also apply to the dispositions by an
administrative agency taken prior to the enforcement of this Act, the inaction
by an administrative agency pertaining to an application filed prior to the
enforcement of this Act or other matters that have arisen prior to the
enforcement of this Act, except as otherwise provided for in these
Supplementary Provisions; provided, however, that those provisions shall not
preclude the effect that has arisen pursuant to the provisions prior to revision
by this Act.
(3) With regard to petitions, applications for examination, objections or other
appeals (hereinafter referred to as "Petitions, etc.") filed prior to the
enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable
even after the enforcement of this Act. The same shall apply to Petitions, etc.
filed in the case of dissatisfaction with determinations, rulings or other
dispositions on Petitions, etc., which have been made prior to the enforcement
of this Act (hereinafter referred to as "Determinations, etc."), or a judgment,
etc., made after the enforcement of this Act in regard to Petitions, etc., filed
prior to the enforcement of this Act.
(4) The Petitions, etc. prescribed in the preceding paragraph that relate to a
disposition on which an appeal may be filed pursuant to the Administrative
Appeal Act after this Act comes into effect shall be deemed to be appeals
pursuant to the Administrative Appeal Act with regard to the application of
the Acts other than said Act.
(5) No appeal pursuant to the Administrative Appeal Act may be entered against
the Determinations, etc. on an application for examination, an objection or
other appeals filed after this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provision of
paragraph (3).
(6) With regard to a disposition imposed by an administrative agency prior to the
enforcement of this Act, on which the Petitions, etc. may be filed pursuant to
the provisions prior to revision by this Act and for which the statute of
limitations has not been set, the statute of limitations for filing an appeal
pursuant to the Administrative Appeal Act shall be counted from the date of
enforcement of this Act.
(8) With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to
the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(9) In addition to what is prescribed for in the foregoing eight paragraphs,
transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be
specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 148 of July 4, 1964]
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This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet Order
within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 81 of May 24, 1965 Extract] [Extract]
This Act shall come into effect as from the date on which the Accession to the
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as
revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at
Hague on November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Lisbon on October 31,
1958, and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 91 of May 22, 1970 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from January 1, 1971.
(Application to the Patent Act prior to revision)
Article 2 With regard to patent applications actually pending before the Japan
Patent Office at the time of the enforcement of this Act, until the examiner's
decision or a trial decision for the patent applications becomes final and
binding, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable, except where it
has otherwise been provided for.
(Patent fees)
Article 3 With regard to patent fees that have been paid or should be paid prior
to the enforcement of this Act, notwithstanding Article 107, paragraph (1) of
the revised Patent Act (hereinafter, referred to as the "New Patent Act"), the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Grounds for invalidation of a patent)
Article 4 With regard to grounds for invalidation of patent applications that
have been filed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable notwithstanding Article 29-2 and Article 123,
paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Patent Act.
(Fees for filing a patent application)
Article 5 Provisions of Article 195, paragraph (1) of the new Patent Act shall
apply to fees to be paid after the enforcement of this Act; provided, however,
that, with respect to fees of item (iv) of the appended table of the new Patent
Act, those shall not apply to the patent applications filed prior to the
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enforcement of this Act.
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 6 Provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the
Supplementary Provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to
transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act pursuant to the
provision of Article 2.
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 9 In addition to what is prescribed by the preceding Articles, transitional
measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a
Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 96: June 1, 1971 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date, etc.)
(1) This Act shall come into effect as from the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 46: June 1, 1975 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from January 1, 1976; provided,
however, that the revising provisions listed as follows shall come into effect as
from the date listed in the relevant item:
(i) The date of promulgation of :the revised provisions of the table of Article
107 (1) of the Patent Act and of the appended table of the Patent Act, among
provisions of Article 1; the revised provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of
the Utility Model Act and of the appended table of the Utility Model Act,
among provisions of Article 2; the revised provisions of Articles 42,
paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Utility Model Act and of the appended table of
the Utility Model Act, among provisions of Article 3; the revised provisions of
Articles 40, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Trademark Act and of the appended
table of the Trademark Act, among provisions of Article 4; and the provisions
of paragraph (2) of the following Article and of Articles 3, paragraph (1),and
4 of the Supplementary Provisions.
(ii) The effective date of the revised provisions of the proviso to Article 17,
paragraph (1) (excluding the part revising "and Article 64" to "Articles 17-3
and 64"), among provisions of Article 1; the revised provisions Article 13-2,
paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act among provisions of Article 2; the
revised provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) item (ii), Article 9, paragraph
(1) among provisions of Article 4 and the provisions of Article 5; and the
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provisions of Articles 1 to 12 of the Paris Convention pursuant to the
provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2), item (C) of the Paris Convention for
the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised at
Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at Hague on
November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Lisbon on October 31, 1958,
and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967.
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Patent Act)
Article 2 (1) With respect to patent applications actually pending at the time of
enforcement of this Act, the provision then in force shall remain applicable
until the examiner's decision or trial decision for the patent applications has
become final and binding, except the fees that should be paid pursuant to the
provision of Article 195, paragraph (1) of the revised Patent Act.
(2) With respect to patent fees that have been paid or should be paid prior to the
date prescribed by item (i) of the proviso through the preceding Article, the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable, notwithstanding the provision
of Article 107, paragraph (1) of the revised Patent Act.
(3) With respect to grounds for invalidation of patent applications that have been
filed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall
remain applicable.
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 (1) The provision of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall apply
mutatis mutandis to utility model applications actually pending before the
Japan Patent Office at the time of the enforcement of this Act, and the
provision of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis
mutandis to ground for invalidation of utility model registrations pertaining to
utility models that have been filed prior to the enforcement of this Act.
(2) The provisions of the paragraph (2) of the preceding Article shall apply
mutatis mutandis to registration fees that have been paid or should be paid
prior to the date prescribed by item (i) of the proviso to Article 1 of
Supplementary Provisions.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 27 of April 24, 1978 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
(1) This Act shall come into effect as from the date of promulgation; provided,
however, that the revised provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 11 of the Act on
Real Estate Appraising and Valuation in Article 1 of this Act, the provisions of
Articles 2, 3, 5 and 6, the revised provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 107 of
the Patent Act in Article 19 of this Act, the revised provisions of paragraph (1)
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of Article 31 of the Utility Model Act in Article 20 of this Act, the revised
provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 42 of the Design Act in Article 21
of this Act, the revised provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 40 of the
Trademark Act in Article 22 of this Act, the revised provisions of paragraph (2)
of Article 5 of the Guide Interpreter Act in Article 28 of this Act, and the
provisions of Articles 29 and 30 shall come into effect as from May 1, 1978.
(Transitional measures)
(2) With regard to the following examination fees, etc., the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(i) to (iii) snipped
(iv) The registration fees that have been paid or should be paid prior to the
enforcement of the revised provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the
Utility Model Act.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 30 of April 26, 1978 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the day when the Convention
becomes effective in Japan; provided however, that the provisions of Chapter
III shall come into effect as from the day when the agreement prescribed by
Article 16 (3)(b) of the Convention comes into effect in the Japan Patent Office,
and the provisions of Chapter IV and the following Article shall come into
effect as from the day when the agreement prescribed by Article 16 (3)(b) of the
Convention as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 32 (3) of the
Convention comes into effect in the Japan Patent Office.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 30 of May 19, 1981 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
(1) This Act shall come into effect as from the date of promulgation; provided
however, that the revised provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act on
Real Estate Appraising and Valuation in Article 1 of this Act, the provisions of
Articles 2, 3, 5 and 6, the revised provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1) of the
Patent Act in Article 19 of this Act, the revised provisions of Article 31,
paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act in Article 20 of this Act, the revised
provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Design Act in Article 21
of this Act, the revised provisions of Article 40, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the
Trademark Act in Article 22 of this Act, the revised provisions of paragraph (2)
of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Guide Interpreter Act in Article 29 of this Act,
and the provisions of Articles 30 shall come into effect as from June 1, 1981.
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(Transitional measures)
(2) With regard to the following examination fees, etc., the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(i) to (iii) snipped
(iv) The registration fees that have been paid or should be paid prior to the
enforcement of the revised provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the
Utility Model Act.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 23 of May 1, 1984 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
(1) This Act shall come into effect as from the date on which twenty days have
lapsed from the date of promulgation; provided however, that the provisions of
Articles 24 through 27 and paragraphs (3) and (4) of Supplementary Provisions
shall come into effect as from August 1, 1984.
(Transitional measures)
(2) With regard to the following examination fees, etc., the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(i) and (ii) snipped
(iii) The registration fees that have been paid or should be paid prior to the
enforcement of the revised provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the
Utility Model Act.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 24 of May 1, 1984 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from July 1, 1984.
(Transitional Measures upon the start of payment by patent revenue stamps)
Article 8 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Patent Act, the revised Utility
Model Act, the revised Design Act, the revised Trademark Act or the revised
Act on the International Applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
that are revised pursuant to Article 3 through the preceding Article of
Supplementary Provisions, when patent fees, patent surcharges, fees,
registration fees, or registration surcharges are paid within two weeks as from
the date of enforcement of this Act, revenue stamps or patent stamps may be
used.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 41 of May 28, 1985 Extract] [Extract]
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(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date to be specified by a
Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of
promulgation.
(Transitional measures)
Article 3 With respect to amendments on the description or the drawings
attached to an application for patent or utility model registration (limited to
those filed prior to the service of a certified copy of ruling that publication of
an unexamined application should be done), which have been filed prior to the
enforcement of this Act and have been dismissed by a ruling that they change
the gist of the description or drawings attached to the said application, the
provisions of the Patent Act and the Utility Model Act prior to revision by this
Act shall remain applicable even after the enforcement of this Act.
Article 4 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed
prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 5 In addition to what is prescribed by the preceding Articles, transitional
measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a
Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 27 of May 25, 1987 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from January 1, 1988; provided,
however, that the provisions listed as follows shall come into effect as from the
date listed in the relevant item:
(i) The revised provisions adding a second sentence to Article 15, paragraph (1)
of the Design Act, the revised provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (1) and (2)
of the said Act, the revised provisions of Article 49 of the said Act and the
revised provisions of the appended table of the said Act, in the provisions of
Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this Act; the revised provisions adding a second
sentence to Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Trademark Act, the revised
provisions of Article 40, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the said Act, and the
revised provisions of the appended table of the said Act, in the provisions of
Article 6 of this Act; and the revisions of the next Article, Articles 4, 6, 7, 8
and 11 of Supplementary Provisions: June 1, 1987
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(ii) The provisions for revising Article 184-4, paragraphs (1) to (4) of the Patent
Act, the provisions for revising Article 184-5, paragraphs (1) and (2), items (i)
and (iv) of the said Act, the provisions for revising Article 184-6, paragraph
(2) of the said Act, the provisions for revising Article 184-7, paragraph (1) of
the said Act, the provisions for revising Article 184-8 of the said Act, the
provisions for revising Article 184-9, paragraph (1) of the said Act, the
provisions for revising Article 184-10-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the said
Act, the provisions for revising Article 184-11, paragraph (1) of the said Act,
the provisions for revising Article 184-11-2 of the said Act, the provisions for
revising Article 184-11-3, paragraph (4) of the said Act, the provisions for
revising Article 184-12 of the said Act, the provisions for revising Article
184-13 of the said Act and the provisions for revising Article 184-16,
paragraph (5) of the said Act, in the provisions of Article 2 of this Act; the
provisions for revising Articles 48-4, paragraphs (1) to (4) of the Utility
Model Act, the provisions for revising Article 48-5, paragraphs (1) and (2),
items (i) and (iv) of the said Act, the provisions for revising Article 48-6,
paragraph (2) of the said Act, the provisions for revising Article 48-7,
paragraphs (1) and (2), the provisions for revising Article 48-8, paragraph (1)
of the said Act, the provisions for revising Article 48-8-2, paragraph (4) of the
said Act, the provisions for revising Article 48-9 of the said Act, the revisions
for revising 48-10 of the said Act, and the provisions for revising Article 48-
14, paragraphs (5) of the said Act in the provisions of Article 4 of this Act;
and provisions for revising Article 13-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Design
Act, in the provisions of Article 5 of this Act: the day when the revocation of
the declaration under the Article 64, paragraph (2), item (a) of the Patent
Cooperation Treaty provided for in said Article, paragraph (6) (b) of the
Treaty signed in Washington on June 19, 1970 pursuant to the provisions of
Article 64, paragraph (6), item (b) of the said Act becomes effective
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act pursuant to the
provisions of Article 3)
Article 4 (1) With regard to registration fees that have already been paid prior to
the date prescribed by item (i) in the proviso of Article 1 of the Supplementary
Provisions or those that should be paid prior to the same date, of which
payment is deferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 109 of the Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 34 of the Utility Model Act (limited to
those to be paid within the grace period thereof), the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31,
paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act revised by the provisions of Article 3.
(2) With regard to the trial of Article 37, paragraph (1) pertaining to the utility
model right of which establishment has been registered prior to the date
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prescribed by item (i) in the proviso of Article 1 of Supplementary Provisions,
the provisions of Article 38 of the Utility Model Act prior to revision pursuant
to the provisions of Article 3 shall remain applicable even after the said date
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act pursuant to the
provisions of Article 4)
Article 5 (1) The provisions of Article 5, paragraph (4), Article 6, Article 11, item
(iii), Article 37, paragraph (1) the non-itemized part thereof, item (iii), Article
41, Article 50-2 and Article 54, paragraph (3) of the revised Utility Model Act
pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as the "new
Utility Model Act") shall apply to applications of utility model registration filed
after the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to applications of utility
model registration filed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable.
(2) With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of
the new Utility Model Act regarding the payment of registration fees
pertaining to applications of utility model registration filed prior to the
enforcement of this Act, the amounts of registration fees listed in the table of
the said paragraph shall be the amounts listed in the following table.
Period within term Amount
First to third year Annually 2,100 yen plus 100 yen per
claim
Fourth to sixth year Annually 6,100 yen plus 300 yen per
claim
Seventh to tenth year Annually 18,100 yen plus 900 yen
per claim
(3) With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 54
of the new Utility Model Act regarding the payment of fees pertaining to
applications of utility model registration filed prior to the enforcement of this
Act, in item (iv) of the appended table "31,000 yen plus 1,000 yen per claim"
shall be "32,000 yen", and in item (ix) of the same table "39,600 yen plus 4,400
yen per claim" shall be "44,000 yen".
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 11 In addition to what is prescribed by Articles 2 to 6 and 8 of
Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the
enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 30 of June 13, 1990 Extract] [Extract]
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(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date to be specified by a
Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of
promulgation; provided however, that the provisions of Articles 9 and 14,
Article 15, paragraph (2), Article 16 (excluding the parts pertaining to
application mutatis mutandis of Articles 15, paragraphs (1) and (3)), Articles
17 to 19, 21, 22, 24 to 29, and 30 (excluding item (iii)), Articles 32, 34, 36, 37,
and 39 (excluding the parts pertaining to application mutatis mutandis of
Articles 23, 30, 31 and 35), Articles 41 and 42, Article 44, item (ii) and Article 9
of Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions for revising Article 2,
paragraph (2) of the Act on Payment of money for national revenue by revenue
stamps (Act No. 142 of 1948) in Article 2, paragraph (2) of Supplementary
Provisions shall come into effect as from the date to be specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 9 Procedures for consolidating Electronic Data Processing System prior
to the date of enforcement of this Act and other transitional measures
necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 26 of April 23, 1993 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date to be specified by a
Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of
promulgation; provided however, that the provisions for revising the table of
Article 107, paragraph (1), the provisions for revising the appended table of the
said Act (excluding a part deleting "(including opposition pertaining to
publication of request" in item (vi) of the same table), and a part changing item
(xii) of the same table to item (xiii) of the same table and adding item (i) next
to (xi) of the same table); the provisions of Article 2 in the provisions of Article
1 of this Act; the revised provisions in Article 42, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the
Design Act, and the provisions for revising the appended table of the said Act
in the provisions of Article 4 of this Act; in the provisions of Article 5, the
provisions for revising Article 40, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Trademark Act
and the provisions for revising the appended table of the said Act; and the
provisions of paragraph (3) of the following Article and Articles 3, 6 to 10 and
17 of Supplementary Provisions shall come into effect as from July 1, 1993.
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act pursuant to the
provisions of Article 2)
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Article 3 With regard to registration fees that have already been paid prior to
the date prescribed by the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions
under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act prior
to revision pursuant to Article 2 or those that should be paid prior to the same
date under the said paragraph, of which payment is deferred pursuant to the
provisions of Article 109 of the former Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 34 of the Utility Model (limited to those to be paid within the grace
period thereof), the provisions then in force shall remain applicable,
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1), of the Utility
Model Act revised by the provisions of Article 2.
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act pursuant to the
provisions of Article 3)
Article 4 (1) With regard to utility model applications (excluding those filed
under the former Utility Model Act prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following
Article) actually pending at the time of the enforcement of this Act or the
utility model registration, the utility model right, the examiner's decision or
the trial decision pertaining to a utility model application filed prior to the
enforcement of this Act, the provisions of the Utility Model Act prior to revision
(hereinafter referred to as "the former Utility Model Act") pursuant to the
provisions of Article 3, the Patent Attorneys Act prior to revision (Act No. 100
of 1921) pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of Supplementary Provisions,
the Export Commodities Design Act prior to the revision pursuant to the
provisions of Article 12 of Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 106 of 1959), the
former Patent Act, the Design Act prior to revision pursuant to the provisions
of Article 4 and the Act on Special Provisions of Procedures, etc. concerning
Industrial Property Rights prior to revision pursuant to Article 15 of
Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 30 of 1990, hereinafter referred to as "the
former Special Act" in this paragraph) shall remain applicable. In this case, the
term "Ordinance of Ministry of International Trade and Industry" in Article 54,
paragraph (5) of the former Utility Model Act and in Articles 6, paragraph (3),
Article 7, paragraph (1), and Article 8, paragraph (1) of the former Patent Act,
shall be replaced with "Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry."
(2) In a case of the preceding paragraph, with regard to a trial under Article 37,
paragraph (1), Article 39, paragraph (1) or, Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the
former Utility Model Act appealed after the enforcement of the Partial
Amendment of the Patent Act (Act No. 63 of 2011, hereinafter referred to as
"2011 Amendment Act"), in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the
following table of the former Utility Model Act, which shall remain in force
pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the terms and phrases
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listed in the middle column shall be deemed to be replaced with the terms and
phrases listed in the right-hand column of the same table, and any other
technical replacement of terms necessary for application of the provisions of
the said paragraph shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Article and Article 39, paragraph (3) and Article 39, paragraph (7)
7-2, (including cases where applied
paragra mutatis mutandis pursuant to
ph (2) paragraph (9) of Article 40-2)
Article Article 37 (1) Where a utility Article 37 (1) Where a utility
37 model registration falls under
any of the following items, a
request for a trial for
invalidation of utility model
registration may be filed. In the
event of two or more claims, a
request for a trial for
invalidation of utility model
registration may be filed for
each claim.
(i) where the utility model
registration has been granted in
violation of Article 25 of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 2-5
(3) of this Act, Article 3, Article
3-2, Article 4, paragraphs (1) to
(3) of Article 7 or Article 7(7) of
this Act, or Article 38 of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article
11(1) of this Act;
(ii) where the utility model
registration has been granted in
violation of a treaty;
model registration falls under
any of the following items, a
request for a trial for
invalidation of utility model
registration may be filed. In the
event of two or more claims, a
request for a trial for
invalidation of utility model
registration may be filed for
each claim.
(i) where the utility model
registration has been granted in
violation of Article 25 of the
Patent Act as applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 2-
5 (3) of this Act, Article 3,
Article 3-2, Article 4,
paragraphs (1) to (3) of Article 7
or Article 7(7) of this Act, or
Article 38 of the Patent Act as
applied mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 11(1) of this
Act;
(ii) where the utility model
registration has been granted in
violation of a treaty;
(ii)-2 where the correction of the
description or the drawings
attached to the application of
the utility model registration
has been made in violation of
the provisions of Article 39,
paragraph (1), the proviso or
paragraphs (5) through (7)
(including cases where applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 40-2, paragraph (9)), or
Article 40-2, paragraph (1), the
proviso;
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(iii) where the utility model
registration has been granted
with respect to an application
for utility model registration
that does not comply with the
requirements provided in Article
5, paragraphs (4) or (5)
(excluding item (iii)) and (6);
(iv) where the utility model
registration has been granted on
an application for a utility model
registration filed by a person
who is not the creator of the
device and has not succeeded to
the right to obtain a utility
model registration for the said
device; and
(v) where, after the grant of a
utility model registration, the
holder of utility model right has
become unable to hold a utility
model right under Article 25 of
the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article55, paragraph (3), or the
utility model registration has
become in violation of a treaty.
(2) A request for the trial of the
preceding paragraph may be
filed even after the utility model
right has lapsed.
(iii) where the utility model
registration has been granted
with respect to an application
for utility model registration
that does not comply with the
requirements provided in
Article 5, paragraphs (4) or (5)
(excluding item (iii)) and (6);
(iv) where the utility model
registration has been granted
on an application for a utility
model registration filed by a
person who is not the creator of
the device and has not
succeeded to the right to obtain
a utility model registration for
the said device; and
(v) where, after the grant of a
utility model registration, the
holder of utility model right has
become unable to hold a utility
model right under Article 25 of
the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 55, paragraph (3), or the
utility model registration has
become in violation of a treaty.
(2) Any person may file a
request for the trial of the
preceding paragraph; provided,
however, that where a request
for invalidation trial of utility
model registration is filed on
the ground that the utility
model registration falls under
item (i) of the said paragraph
(limited to the case where the
utility model registration is
obtained in violation of Article
38 of the Patent Act as applied
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 9, paragraph (1)) or item
(iv) of the preceding paragraph),
only an interested person may
file a request for the trial.
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(3) Where a request for the trial (3) A request for the trial of
of paragraph (1) has been filed, paragraph (1) may be filed even
the chief trial examiner shall after the utility model right has
notify the exclusive licensee of lapsed.
the utility model right and other
persons who have any registered
rights relating to the utility
model.
(4) Where a request for the trial
of paragraph (1) has been filed,
the chief trial examiner shall
notify the exclusive licensee of
the utility model right and
other persons who have any
registered rights relating to the
utility model.
Articles Articles 39 The holder of utility Articles 39 The holder of utility
39 model right may file a request model right may file a request
through for a trial regarding correction for a trial regarding correction
41 of the description or drawings of the description or drawings
attached to the application, only attached to the application;
for the following purposes. provided however, that the
correction shall be limited to
those for the following purposes:
(i) restriction of the scope of (i) restriction of the scope of
claims; claims;
(ii) correction of errors; and (ii) correction of errors;
(iii) clarification of an (iii) clarification of an
ambiguous statement. ambiguous statement; and
(iv) rewriting the statement of
claims which cite the statement
of another claim in a way it does
not cite the statement of the
said another claim.
(2) Any correction of the (2) The request for a trial of the
description or drawings referred preceding paragraph may not be
to in the preceding paragraph filed from the time the trial
shall not substantially enlarge under Article 39, paragraph (1)
or alter the scope of claims for a has become pending before the
utility model registration. Japan Patent Office to the time
the trial decision (in a case
where the request is filed for
each of claims, all of the trial
decisions) has become final and
binding.
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(3) In the case of paragraph (1),
item (i), a device constituted by
the matters described in the
corrected scope of claims must
be one which could have been
entitled to obtain a utility model
registration for the said device
independently at the time of
filing of the utility model
application.
(4) The request for the trial of
paragraph (1) may be filed even
after the utility model right has
lapsed; provided however, that
this shall not apply after the
utility model right has been
invalidated in the trial of Article
37, paragraph (1).
(3) In a case where correction of
matters listed in Article 5,
paragraph (3), item (iv) in
description attached to the
application pertaining to two or
more claims are made, the
request under the provisions of
paragraph (1) may be filed for
each claim. In this case, if a
group of claims having any
relation cited by another claim
and other relations prescribed
by the Ordinance of the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (hereinafter referred
to as "the group of claims") is
present, the said request shall
be filed for each of the said
group of claims.
(4) In a case where correction of
matters listed in Article 5,
paragraph (3), items (i) to (iii)
in description attached to the
application or the drawings, if
the request under the
provisions of paragraph (1) is
intended the said request shall
be filed for all claims pertaining
to the said correction of the
description or the drawings (for
all of the group of claims
including claims pertaining to
the said correction of the
description or the drawings,
where the request under
paragraph (1) is filed for each of
the group of claims pursuant to
the provisions in the second
sentence of the preceding
paragraph).
(5) The correction of the
description or the drawings
under paragraph (1) shall be
made within the scope of
matters described in the
description or the drawings
attached to the application.
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(Trial for invalidation of
correction)
Article 40 (1) In a case where
the correction of the description
or drawings attached to the
application violates the
provisions of the preceding
Article, paragraphs (1) to (3), a
request for a trial for
invalidating the correction may
be filed.
(6) Any correction of the
description or drawings referred
to in paragraph (1) shall not
substantially enlarge or alter
the scope of claims for a utility
model registration.
(7) In the case of correction for
any of the purposes as provided
in item (i) of the proviso to
paragraph (1), the device
constituted by the matters
stated in the corrected scope of
claims shall be entitled to
independently obtain a utility
model registration for said
device.
(8) The request for the trial of
paragraph (1) may be filed even
after the utility model right has
lapsed; provided however, that
this shall not apply after the
utility model right has been
invalidated in the trial of
Article 37, paragraph (1).
(Submission of written reply,
etc.)
Article 40 (1) Where a request
for trial has been filed, the chief
trial examiner shall serve a
copy of the written request to
the demandee and give him/her
an opportunity to submit a
written reply, designating an
adequate period.
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(2) The provisions of Article 37,
paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be
applied mutatis mutandis to the
request for trial under the
preceding paragraph.
(2) Where the chief trial
examiner approves an
amendment of the written
request under the provisions of
Article 38-2, paragraph (2),
he/she shall serve a copy of the
written amendment with
respect to the said amendment
to the demandee, and shall give
him/her an opportunity to
submit a written reply,
designating an adequate period;
provided, however, that this
shall not apply where special
circumstances exist under
which it is recognized that
giving an opportunity to the
demandee to submit a written
reply is not required.
(3) Upon receipt of a written
reply as provided in paragraph
(1) or the main clause of the
preceding paragraph, the chief
trial examiner shall serve to the
demandant a copy thereof.
(4) The chief trial examiner may
question the parties and the
intervenors relating to the trial.
(Request for correction)
Article 40-2 (1) The demandee
in a trial under Article 37,
paragraph (1), or Article 48-12,
paragraph (1) may file a request
for a correction of the
description, scope of claims or
drawing(s) attached to the
application only within the time
limit designated in accordance
with Article 153, paragraph (2)
or Article 164-2, paragraph (2)
of the revised Patent Act of
2011 applied mutatis mutandis
in the preceding Article
paragraph (1) or (2), or the
following Article or Article 41,
respectively; provided, however,
that such correction shall be
limited to the following
purposes:
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(i) restriction of the scope of
claims;
(ii) correction of errors in the
description;
(iii) clarification of an
ambiguous description; and
(iv) making the description of a
claim citing the description of
other claims one not citing the
said description of other claims.
(2) Where correction of the
matter listed in Article 5,
paragraph (3), item (iv) in the
description attached to the
application pertaining to two or
more claims, the request for
correction under the preceding
paragraph may be filed for each
claim; provided however, that
where the request for trial
under Article, paragraph (1) or
Article 48-12, paragraph (1) has
been filed for each claim, the
request for correction under the
preceding paragraph shall be
filed for each claim.
In the case prescribed in the
preceding paragraph, where
there is a group of claims in the
claims concerned, the petition
shall be filed for each claim in
the group of claims.
(4) Upon receipt of a written
request for correction as
provided in paragraph (1) and
corrected description and
drawings attached thereto, the
chief trial examiner shall serve
to the demandant copies
thereof.
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(5) The trial examiner may
examine the grounds that have
not been pleaded by a party in
the case or an intervenor in
determining whether the
request for correction under
paragraph (1) is not for any of
the purposes provided in the
items of the proviso to the said
paragraph, or does not conform
the provisions of Article 39,
paragraphs (5) to (7) that shall
be applied mutatis mutandis by
replacing the terms under
paragraph (9). In this case,
where the request for correction
on the above grounds is not
approved of, the chief trial
examiner shall notify the
parties in the case and the
intervenors of the result of the
proceedings and shall give them
an opportunity to state their
opinions, designating an
adequate time limit.
(6) Where a request for
correction under paragraph (1)
is made, if another request for
correction has been previously
made in the said trial, the said
previous request shall be
deemed to have been
withdrawn.
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(7) The request for correction
under paragraph (1) may be
withdrawn only within an
allowable period for
amendments under Article 17,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis by
replacing the terms under
Article 55, paragraph (2)
regarding the corrected
description or drawings
appended to the written request
for correction under the said
paragraph. In this case, if the
request for correction under
paragraph (1) have been filed
for each claim or for each group
of claims pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph (2) or
(3), all of these requests shall be
withdrawn.
(8) Where the request for the
trial under Article 37,
paragraph (1), or Article 48-12,
paragraph (1) has been
withdrawn for each claim
pursuant to the provisions of
Article 155, paragraph (3) of the
revised Patent Act of 2011
applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 41, the request for
correction under paragraph (1)
shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn for each of the said
claims, and where all of the
requests pertaining to a trial
case of the trial under Article
37, paragraph (1), or Article 48-
12, paragraph (1) have been
withdrawn, all of the requests
for correction under paragraph
(1) pertaining to the said trial
case shall be deemed to have
been withdrawn.
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(Mutatis mutandis application of
the Patent Act)
(9) The provisions of Article 39,
paragraphs (4) to (8), Articles
127, 128 and 132, paragraphs
(3) and (4) of the Patent Act,
and Article 131, paragraphs (1),
(3) and (4), Article 131-2,
paragraph (1), and Article 133,
paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) shall
apply mutatis mutandis to the
case of paragraph (1). In this
case, "paragraph (1), proviso,
item (i)" in Article 39,
paragraph (7) shall be replaced
with "paragraph (1), proviso,
item (i) pertaining to a claim for
which a request for the trial
under Article 37, paragraph (1),
or Article 48-12, paragraph (1)
has not been filed".
(Request for correction in the
case of rescission judgment)
Article 40-3 Where a judgment
rescinding a trial decision in a
trial under Article 37,
paragraph (1), or Article 48-12,
paragraph (1) (limited to a trial
decision concluding that the
request for a trial is groundless)
under Article 181, paragraph (1)
of revised Patent Act of 2011
applied mutatis mutandis in
article 47, paragraph (2) has
become final and binding, and
following which proceedings are
initiated under paragraph (2) of
the said Article, the chief trial
examiner may designate to the
demandee an adequate period
for filing a request for
correction of the description,
scope of the claims or the
drawings attached to the
application, only if such motion
is made by the demandee within
one week from the date when
the judgment became final and
binding.
(Mutatis mutandis application
of the Patent Act)
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Article 41 The provisions of
Articles 125, 127, 128, and 130
to 170 of the Patent Act (effect of
trial decision, request for trial,
trial examiner, trial procedures,
relation to litigation, and costs
of trial) shall apply mutatis
mutandis to a trial.
Article 41 The provisions of
Articles 125, 127, 128, 132, 135
to 154, and 157 to 163, Article
164, paragraph (1), Article 166,
and Articles 168 to 170 of the
Patent Act, and Articles 131,
131-2, 133, 155, 156, 164-2, 167,
and 167-2 of the revised Patent
Act of 2011 (effect of trial
decision, request for trial, trial
examiner, trial procedures,
relation to litigation, and costs
of trial) shall apply mutatis
mutandis to a trial.
Article , Article 174 (Application and Article 176 (non-exclusive
45 mutatis mutandis of provisions
regarding trial, etc.) and Article
176 (Non-exclusive license due
to the working of the invention
prior to the registration of the
request for a retrial)
license due to the working of the
invention prior to the
registration of the request for a
retrial), and article 174 of the
revised Patent Act of 2011
(application mutatis mutandis
of provisions regarding trial,
etc.)
Article a written request for a trial or a a written request for a trial or a
47, retrial retrial or a written request for
paragra correction under Article 40-2,
ph (1) paragraph (1)
Article Article 178, paragraphs (2) to (6) Article 179 of the Patent Act
47, (Period of institution of action, (Appropriate party as
paragra etc.), and Articles 179 to 182 defendant) and Article 178,
ph (2) (Appropriate party as defendant,
notice of institution of action,
rescission of the trial decision or
ruling, and delivery of original
copy of judgment)
paragraphs (2) to (6) (Period of
institution of action, etc.), and
Articles 180, 181 and 182
(notice of institution of action,
etc., rescission of the trial
decision or ruling, and delivery
of original copy of judgment,
etc.) of the revised Patent Act of
2011
Article "Article 37, paragraph (1)" in "Article 37, paragraph (1)" in
48-12, Article 39, paragraph (4) shall Article 39, paragraphs (2) and
paragra be replaced with "Article 37, (8) shall be replaced with
ph (2) paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, "Article 37, paragraph (1) or
paragraph (1)" Article 48-12, paragraph (1)"
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Article the provisions of Article 37, the provisions of Article 37,
48-12, paragraphs (2) and (3) and paragraphs (1), second
paragra Article 184-15, paragraphs (2) sentence, (3) and (4), and
ph (3) and (4) (a trial for invalidation
of a patent based on grounds
inherent in an international
patent application)
Article 184-15, paragraph (4)
Article Article 125 of the Patent Act Article 128 of the Patent Act
50-2 applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 37, paragraph (2)
(including cases applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 40,
paragraph (2), and Article 48-12,
paragraph (3))
applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 37, paragraph (3)
(including cases applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 48-12,
paragraph (3)), Article 39,
paragraph (8) (including a case
applied mutatis mutandis in
Articles 40-2, paragraph (9)),
Article 40-2, paragraph (9) and
Article 41, Article 125 of the
Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 41
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Article apply mutatis mutandis. apply mutatis mutandis. In this
55, case, "and after a certified copy
paragra of a ruling that publication of
ph (2) request shall be done have been
served" shall be replaced with,
"after a period designated by
the provisions of Article 40,
paragraph (1) of the Utility
Model Act in a trial under
Article 37, paragraph (1), or
Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of
the said Act has lapsed (in a
case where a period is
designated under the provisions
of Article 153, paragraph (2) of
the Patent Act or Article 164-2,
paragraph (2) of the revised
Patent Act of 2011 applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 40,
paragraph (1), Article 40-2
paragraph (5), Article 40-3, or
Article 41 of the Utility Model
Act, after the said period
lapsed) and after a notice under
the provisions of Article 156,
paragraph (1) of the revised
Patent Act of 2011 applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 41
of the Utility Model Act in a
trial under Article 39,
paragraph (1) of the said Act (in
the case where the proceedings
have been resumed under the
provisions of Article 156,
paragraph (3) of the Patent Act,
after further notice is given
under the provisions of Article
156, paragraph (1) of the Patent
Act, after ) is given", and "a
trial" shall be replaced with "a
trial or correction under Article
40-2, paragraph (1) of the
Utility Model Act."
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Article the provisions of Article 195-3 the provisions of Article 195-4
55, (restriction on appeals under (restriction on appeals under
paragra Administrative Appeal Act) of Administrative Appeal Act) of
ph (6) the patent Act are a decision of
dismissal of amendment, a
decision of dismissal of written
requests of an examiner's
decision, a trial decision and a
trial or a retrial pursuant to the
provisions of this Act
the revised Patent Act of 2011
are a decision of dismissal of
amendment, a decision of
dismissal of written requests of
an examiner's decision, a trial
decision and a trial or a retrial,
or a written request for
correction under Article40-2,
paragraph (1) pursuant to the
provisions of this Act
Appende A person filing an opposition to A person filing an opposition to
d table, registration (including an registration
item (v) opposition pertaining to
publication of request)
Appende
d table,
item (ix)
A person filing a request for a
trial or a retrial
A person filing a request for a
trial or a retrial
(3) In a case where the decision on an opposition to registration under Article 113
(hereinafter, simply, referred to as "opposition to registration") of the revised
Patent Act under the provisions of Article 2 of 1994 Amending Act applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 9, paragraph (2) of Supplementary Provisions of
the Partial Amendment of the Patent Act (Act No. 116 of 1994, hereinafter
referred to as "1994 Amendment Act") before revision under the provisions of
Article 14 of Supplementary Provisions of 2003 Amendment Act issued prior to
the enforcement of 2003 Amendment Act, does not become final, with regard to
application of the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (2) of the former Utility
Model Act pertaining to a utility model registration, which is to be corrected
after the enforcement of 2003 Amendment Act, and which has been replaced in
the preceding paragraph, "the trial under Article 37, paragraph (1)" shall be
replaced with "the trial on the opposition to registration under Article 113 of
the revised Patent Act under the provisions of Article 2 of 1994 Amending Act
(hereinafter referred to as "the revised Patent Act of 1994") applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 9, paragraph (2) of Supplementary Provisions of the
Partial Amendment of the Patent Act ,etc. (Act No. 116 of 1994, hereinafter
referred to as "1994 Amendment Act") prior to revision under the provisions of
Article 14 of Supplementary Provisions of the Partial Amendment of the Patent
Act ,etc. (Act No. 47 of 2003), (hereinafter, simply, referred to as "the
opposition to registration"), or the trial under Article 37, paragraph (1)"; "the
trial decision" shall be replaced with "the decision or trial decision"; "against
the decision of the trial of the said paragraph" shall be replaced with "against
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the revocation decision under Article 114, paragraph (2) hereinafter, simply,
referred to as "revocation decision") of the Patent Act revised in 1994 applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 9, paragraph (2) of Supplementary Provisions of
1994 Amending Act regarding opposition to registration or the trial decision
under Article 37, paragraph (1)"; and "the judicial decision of revocation of a
trial decision" shall be replaced with "the revocation decision or the judicial
decision of revocation of a trial decision", in the said paragraph.
(4) In a case where an appeal against the opposition to registration requested
prior to the enforcement of 2003 Amendment Act, or the revocation decision or
the trial decision under Article 114, paragraph (2) of the revised Patent Act of
1994 applied mutatis mutandis in Article 9, paragraph (2) of Supplementary
Provisions of 1994 Amendment Act pertaining to the trial under Article 37,
paragraph (1), or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act,
is pending before any court at the time of enforcement of 2003 Amendment Act,
with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (2) of
the former Utility Model Act pertaining to a utility model registration, which is
to be corrected after the enforcement of 2003 Amendment Act to the time the
judicial decision to the said appeal has become final and binding, and which
has been replaced in paragraph (2), notwithstanding the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, in Article 39, paragraph (2) of the former Utility Model
Act which has been replaced in paragraph (2), "after the trial under Article 37,
paragraph (1) has been pending before the Japan Patent Office to the time the
trial decision has been final and binding" shall be replaced with "in a case
where the trial on the opposition to registration under Article 113 of the
revised Patent Act under the provisions of Article 2 of 1994 Amending Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 9, paragraph (2) of Supplementary
Provisions of the Partial Amendment of the Patent Act ,etc. (Act No. 116 of
1994) prior to the revision under the provisions of Article 14 of Supplementary
Provisions of the Partial Amendment of the Patent Act ,etc. (Act No. 47 of
2003), or the trial under Article 37, paragraph (1) or under Article 48-12,
paragraph (1) is pending before the Japan Patent Office", and the provisions of
the proviso of the said paragraph shall not be applied.
Article 5 (1) An applicant for a utility model registration may let an application
for a utility model registration (excluding an application for a utility model
registration where five and a half years have been lapsed from the date of
filing of the application for a utility model registration) which has been
pending before the Japan Patent Office at the time of enforcement of this Act
and notified to the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office as being come
under the provisions of the revised Utility Model Act (hereinafter, referred to
as "the New Utility Model Act") pursuant to Article 3, pursuant to the
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provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
(hereinafter, referred to as "the former application for a utility model
registration") as an application for a utility model registration being come
under the provisions of the New Utility Model Act (hereinafter, referred to as
"the new application for a utility model registration").
(2) In the case of the preceding paragraph, the new application for a utility model
registration shall be deemed to have been filed at the time of filing the former
application for a utility model registration. In this case, "filing date of a utility
model registration application" in the proviso to Article 2-2, paragraph (1) of
the New Utility Model Act, shall be replaced with "the date of notification
pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of Supplementary
Provisions of the Partial Amendment of the Patent Act (Act No. 26 of 1993)
(hereinafter referred to as "notification of Change")," and "at the time of filing
of the application for a utility model registration" shall be replaced with "along
with the notification of Change."
(3) Where there is a notification under paragraph (1), the former application for
design registration shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(4) With regard to a notification under paragraph (1) pertaining to an
international application which has been deemed to be an application for a
utility model registration under the registration of Article 48-3, paragraph (1)
or Article 48-14, paragraph (4) of the Former Utility Model Act, it may be
received only after the registration fees payable under the provisions of Article
54, paragraph (2) have been paid (with regard to an international application
which is deemed to be an application for a utility model registration under the
provisions of Article 48-14, paragraph (4), after the decision under the said
paragraph), and, in the case of a Utility Model Registration Application in
Japanese Language under Article 48-6, paragraph (2) of the Former Utility
Model Act, after the procedures under the provisions of Article 48-5, paragraph
(1) of the former Utility Model Act have been completed, or in the case of a
Utility Model Registration Application in Foreign Language under Article 48-
14, paragraph (4) of the former Utility Model Act, after the procedures under
the provisions of the said paragraph and Article 48-5, paragraph (1) of the
former Utility Model Act have been completed.
(5) An applicant for a patent or an applicant for a design registration may
convert his/her application (excluding patent applications or design
registrations where five and a half years have been lapsed from the date of
filing of the patent applications or design registrations) which has been
pending before the Japan Patent Office at the time of enforcement of this Act
and notified to the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office as being come
under the provisions of the New Utility Model Act, into a new application for a
utility model registration being come under the provisions of the new Utility
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Model Act.
(6) The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
case of the preceding paragraph.
(Transitional measures concerning application of penal provisions)
Article 16 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed
prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 17 In addition to what is prescribed by Articles 2 to 6, 8 and 10 and the
preceding Article of Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures
necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 89 of November 12, 1993 Extract]
[Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date of enforcement of
Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993).
(Transitional measures concerning adverse dispositions following consultation,
etc.)
Article 2 In the case where a request for consultation or any other request has
been made based on laws and regulations prior to the enforcement of this Act
to a council or any other consultative organ to carry out a procedure equivalent
to the procedure for the hearing or the grant of an opportunity for an
explanation or any other procedure for hearing statements of opinion
prescribed in Article 13 of the Administrative Procedure Act, with regard to the
procedure of an adverse disposition to which said request for consultation or
any other respect pertains, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable,
notwithstanding the provisions of the relevant Act after the revision by this
Act.
(Transitional measures concerning penal provisions)
Article 13 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed
prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(Transitional measures upon arrangement of provisions on hearings)
Article 14 Proceedings for hearing (excluding those pertaining to adverse
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dispositions) implemented pursuant to the provisions of Acts prior to the
enforcement of this Act or procedures for these shall be deemed to have been
implemented pursuant to the equivalent provisions of the related Acts revised
by this Act.
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 15 In addition to what is prescribed for in Articles 2 through the
preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures
necessary for the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 116 of December 14, 1994 Extract]
[Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from June 1, 1995; provided, however,
that the provisions listed as follows shall come into effect as from the date
listed in the relevant item:
(ii) The provisions of Article 2; in Article 3, the provisions for revising Article
3-2, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act (limited to the portion changing
"publication of an unexamined application" to "issuance of the patent gazette
containing matters listed in each of items of Article 66, paragraph (3) of the
Patent Act under the provisions of the said paragraph"), the provisions of
Article 10, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 14, paragraph (4), and Article 39,
paragraph (3) of the said Act, the revised provisions of Article 45 of the said
Act (excluding the portion adding paragraph (1) to the same Article),the
revised provisions of Article 50-2 of the said Act (limited to the portions
changing "Article 174, paragraph (2)" to " Article 174, paragraph (3)", and
"Article 193, paragraph (2), (v)" to "Article 193, paragraph (2), (iv)"),the
revised provisions of Article 53, paragraph (2) of the said Act, and the
revised provisions of Article 62 of the said Act (limited to the portion
changing "Article 174, paragraph (2)" to "Article 174, paragraph (3)"); in
Article 4, the revised provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3), Article 19,
Article 58, Article 68, paragraph (1), Article 75 of the Design Act; the
provisions of Article 6; in Article 7, the revised provisions of Article 5 of
Patent Attorneys Act; and the provisions of Article 8, Article 9, Article 10,
paragraph (2), Article 17, and Article 19 of Supplementary Provisions:
January 1, 1996
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 10 (1) With regard to utility model applications actually pending at the
time of the enforcement of this Act or the examiner's decision or the trial
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decision pertaining to a utility model application filed prior to the enforcement
of this Act, excluding the provisions of Article 173, paragraph (2) of the new
Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 45, paragraph (2) and Article
54, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model, the provisions then in force shall
remain applicable.
(2) With regard to application of the provisions of Article 3-2 of the new Utility
Model Act to applications for utility model registration filed prior to the date
on which all publications of an examined application of which certified copy of
the ruling has been served, finish prior to the enforcement of the provisions of
Article 2 and the preceding Article, paragraph (1), in the same Article,
"issuance or" shall be replaced with "issuance", and "publication of an
examined application" shall be replaced with "publication of an examined
application or publication of an unexamined application."
(3) The provisions of Article 33-2 of the new Utility Model Act shall not apply to
the utility model right that have been deemed to be lapsed or non-existent from
the beginning pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (4) or (5) of the former Utility
Model Act.
(Transitional measures concerning application of penal provisions)
Article 13 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed
prior to the enforcement of the revised provisions of this Act and acts
committed after the enforcement of the revised provisions of this Act
pertaining to the matters to which the provisions then in force, the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable.
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 14 In addition to what is prescribed by Articles 2 through the preceding
Article of Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the
enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 91 of May 12, 1995 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date on which twenty days
have lapsed from the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 68 of June 12, 1996 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from April 1, 1997; provided, however,
that the revising provisions listed as follows shall come into effect as from the
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date listed in the relevant item.
(ii) The revised provisions adding the proviso to Article 40, paragraph (4) and
Article 76, paragraph (4) of the Trademark Act, in Article 1 of this Act; the
revised provisions adding the proviso to Article 107, paragraph (3), Article
112, paragraph (3) and Article 195, paragraph (5) of the Patent Act, in
Article 2 of this Act; the revised provisions adding the proviso to Article 31,
paragraph (3), Article 33, paragraph (3) and Article 54, paragraph (4) of the
Utility Model Act, in Article 3 of this Act; in Article 4, the revised provisions
adding the proviso to Article 42, paragraph (4), Article 44, paragraph (3) and
Article 67, paragraph (4) of the Design Act, in Article 4 of this Act; the
revised provisions adding the proviso to Article 40, paragraph (4) of the Act
on Special Provisions of Procedures, etc. concerning Industrial Property
Rights in Article 5 of this Act; and the provisions of Article 27 of
Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 1996
(Transitional measures concerning application of penal provisions)
Article 20 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed
prior to the enforcement of provisions of this Act and acts committed after the
enforcement of provisions of this Act pertaining to the matters to which the
provisions then in force, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 21 In addition to what is prescribed by Articles 2 through the preceding
Article of Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the
enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 110 of June 26, 1996 Extract]
[Extract]
This Act shall come into effect as from the date of the enforcement of the new
Code of Civil Procedure; provided, however, that the revising provisions listed as
follows shall come into effect as from the date listed in the relevant item:
(ii) In Article 30, the provisions for revising Article 10; in Article 32, the
provisions for revising Article 2-5, paragraph (2) of the Utility Model Act; in
Article 33, the provisions for revising Article 68, paragraph (2) of the Design
Act; in Article 34, the provisions for revising Article 77, paragraph (2) of the
Trademark Act, Articles 27, paragraph (2) and 30 of Supplementary
Provisions; and the provisions for revising Article 41, paragraph (2) of the
Act on Special Provisions of Procedures, etc. concerning Industrial Property
Rights: the latter of the dates of April 1, 1998 and the date of the
enforcement of the new Code of Civil Procedure.
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Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 51: May 6, 1998 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from January 1, 1999; provided,
however, that the revising provisions listed as follows shall come into effect as
from the date listed in the relevant item.
(ii) The provisions for revising Article 107 of the Patent Act (excluding the
provisions for revising the table of paragraph (1) of the said Article), and the
provisions for revising Article 195 of the said Act (excluding the provisions
for revising paragraph (1), items (iv) to (vii)), in Article 1 of this Act; the
provisions for revising Article 31 of the Utility Model Act and the provisions
for revising Article 54 of the said Act (excluding the provisions for revising
paragraph (1), items (iv) to (vii));the provisions of Article 4, in Article 2 of
this Act; the provisions for revising Article 40, Article 41-2, paragraph (5)
and Article 65-7, paragraph (3), and the provisions for revising Article 76 of
the said Act (excluding the provisions for revising the paragraph (1) of the
said Article), in Article 5 of this Act; the provisions for revising Article 40 of
the Act on Special Provisions of Procedures, etc. concerning Industrial
Property Rights, and provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article,
Article 3, paragraph (2), Article 5 and Article 6, paragraph (2) of
Supplementary Provisions, in Article 6 of this Act,; the provisions for
revising Article 15, paragraph (2), of Supplementary Provisions of the Act for
Partial Revision of the Trademark Act, etc. (Act No. 68 of 1996), in Article 14
of Supplementary Provisions; and the provisions of Article 18 of
Supplementary Provisions: April 1, in 1999.
(Transitional measures upon revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 (1) With regard to utility model applications actually pending at the
time of the enforcement of this Act, until the examiner's decision or a trial
decision for the utility model applications becomes final and binding, the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable, except where it has otherwise
been provided for.
(2) With regard to registration fees that have already been paid prior to the date
prescribed by Article 1, item (ii) of Supplementary Provisions or should have
been paid prior to the that date, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31, paragraphs (3) and (4)
of the revised Utility Model pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter,
referred to as "the new Utility Model Act").
(3) With regard to the grounds for opposition or invalidity to a utility model
registration pertaining to applications for utility model registration filed prior
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to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(Transitional measures concerning application of penal provisions)
Article 7 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed
prior to the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement
of this Act pertaining to the matters to which the provisions then in force, the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Delegation to a Cabinet Order)
Article 8 In addition to what is prescribed by Articles 2 through the preceding
Article of Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the
enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 41 of May 14, 1999 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from January 1, 2000; provided,
however, that the provisions listed in the following items shall come into effect
as from the date prescribed respectively in those items.
(i) The provisions revising the table of Article 107, paragraph (1) of the Patent
Act and the provisions adding two paragraphs in Article 168 of the said Act
in Article 1; the provisions revising the table of Article 31, paragraph (1) of
the Utility Model Act and the provisions adding two paragraphs in Article 40
of the said Act in Article 2; and the provisions of the following Article,
paragraph (10), Article 3, paragraph (6) of these Supplementary Provisions
and Articles 7 through 12 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date
specified by a Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one month from
the date of the promulgation
(Transitional measures accompanying revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 (1) With regard to novelty requirement for a device pertaining to an
application for utility model registration actually pending before the Japan
Patent Office at the time of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable until the establishment concerning the
application for utility model registration is registered.
(2) The provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (8) and (9) of the Utility Model Act
revised by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "new
Utility Model Act") shall be applied to an application for utility model
registration which has been filed after the enforcement of this Act, and is
deemed to have been filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph
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(3) of the Utility Model Act, prior to the enforcement.
(3) With regard to judgment concerning a technical scope of a registered utility
model required prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable.
(4) The provisions of Chapter 4, Section 2 of the new Utility Model Act, except as
otherwise provided, shall be applied also to the matters which occurred prior to
the enforcement of this Act; provided, however, that this shall not preclude an
effect raised by the provisions of Chapter 4, Section 2 of the Utility Model Act
prior to revision by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the
"former Utility Model Act").
(5) The provisions of Article 105-3 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 30 of the New Utility Model Act shall not be applied to a
case for which oral arguments before a high court or a district court that
constitutes a court of second instance has finished prior to the enforcement of
this Act, and a case for which, before this Act comes into effect, parties reserve
the right to a final appeal against a judgment made by a summary court or a
judgment made by a district court as a court of first instance, and have agreed
not to appeal to the court of second instance.
(6) With regard to registration fees which have already be paid prior to the date
prescribed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions or should have
been paid prior to the same date (including registration fees the payment of
which was deferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 109 of the former
Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 36 of the former Utility Model
Act); notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the new
Utility Model Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(7) With regard to grounds for invalidation concerning utility model registration
pertaining to applications for utility model registration filed prior to the
enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Partial revision of the former Utility Model Act of 1993)
Article 11 Part of the Utility Model Act prior to revision (hereinafter referred to
as the "former Utility Model Act of 1993") by the provisions of Article 3 of the
Act for Partial Revision of the Patent Act, etc. (Act No. 26 of 1993; hereinafter
referred to as the "Amendment Act of 1993") which then in force shall have
remained applicable pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of
the Supplementary Provisions of the Act for Partial Revision of the Patent Act,
etc. shall be revised as follows:
"One thousand yen", "two thousand yen" and "four thousand yen" in the table
of Article 31, paragraph (1) shall be changed to "eight hundred yen", "one
thousand six hundred yen" and "three thousand two hundred yen", respectively.
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(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the former Utility
Model Act of 1993)
Article 12 With regard to registration fees which have been already paid prior to
the date prescribed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions,
pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the former Utility
Model Act of 1993 prior to revision by the provisions of the preceding Article,
or with regard to registration fees which should have been paid prior to the
same date, pursuant to the provisions of the said paragraph (including
registration fees the payment of which was deferred pursuant to the provisions
of Article 109 of the Patent Act prior to revision by the provisions of Article 1 of
the Amendment Act of 1993 which then in force shall have remained applicable
pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary
Provisions of the Amendment Act of 1993 applied mutatis mutandis in Article
34 of the former Utility Model Act of 1993); notwithstanding the provisions of
Article 31, paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 revised by the
provisions of the preceding Article, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(Transitional measures relating to application of penal provisions)
Article 18 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts conducted
prior to the enforcement of this Act, and acts conducted after the enforcement
of this Act pertaining to matters with regard to which the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of these
Supplementary Provisions; each of the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 19 In addition to what is prescribed in Articles 2 through 6, 8, 10, 12 and
the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary
transitional measures relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified
by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 160 of December 22, 1999 Extract]
[Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act (excluding Articles 2 and 3) shall come into effect as from
January 6, 2001.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 220 of December 22, 1999 Extract]
[Extract]
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(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act (excluding Article 1) shall come into force as from January 6,
2001.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 4 In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding 2 articles, necessary
matters relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet
Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 24 of April 17, 2002 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the
promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following
items shall come into effect as from the date prescribed respectively in those
items.
(i) The provisions revising Article 101, Article 112-3, paragraph (2) and Article
175, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act in Article 2; the provisions revising
Article 28 and Article 33-3, paragraph (2), item (ii) and Article 44, paragraph
(2), item (ii) of the Utility Model Act in Article 4; and the provisions revising
Article 68-19, paragraph (1), Articles 68-30 and 68-35 of the Trademark Act
in Article 6; and the provisions revising Article 6 of these Supplementary
Provisions: the date specified by a Cabinet Order within a period not
exceeding one year from the date of the promulgation
(ii) The provisions of Article 2 (excluding the provisions revising Article 101,
Article 112-3, paragraph (2) and Article 175, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act)
and the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the provisions revising Article 28
and Article 33-3, paragraph (2), item (ii) and Article 44, paragraph (2), item
(ii) of the Utility Model Act) and the provisions of Articles 3 and 5 of these
Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by a Cabinet Order within a
period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of the
promulgation
(Transitional measures accompanying revision of the Utility Model Act by
provisions of Article 3)
Article 4 With regard to the Period for the Submission of National Documents
and the National Processing Standard Time pertaining to Application for
Utility Model Registration in Japanese Language for which the procedure is
performed prior to the enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of
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Article 48-5, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act prior to revision by the
provisions of Article 3, and Application for Utility Model Registration in
Foreign Language for which the procedure is performed prior to the
enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of Article 48-4, paragraph
(1) and Article 48-5, paragraph (1) of the said Act; the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable.
(Transitional measures accompanying revision of the Utility Model Act by
provisions of Article 4)
Article 5 (1) The provisions of the Utility Model Act (hereinafter referred to as
the "new Utility Model Act" in this Article) revised by the provisions of Article
4 (excluding the provisions revising Article 28 and Article 33-3, paragraph (2),
item (ii) and Article 44, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Utility Model Act) shall
be applied to applications for utility model registration being filed on and after
the Effective Date (including applications for utility model registration being
filed on and after the Effective Date, which are deemed to have been filed prior
to the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of
the Utility Model Act or the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (2) of the
Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11 paragraph (1) of the Utility
Model Act (hereinafter referred to as an "application for utility model
registration pertaining to division, etc. of an application for utility model
registration prior to the Effective Date" in this paragraph)); and with regard to
applications for utility model registration filed prior to the Effective Date
(excluding applications for utility model registration pertaining to division, etc.
of an application for utility model registration prior to the Effective Date), the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(2) With regard to the application of Article 3-2 of the new Utility Model Act in a
case where an application for utility model registration or for patent filed prior
to the Effective Date is another application for utility model registration or for
patent prescribed in the said Article, the term "the description, scope of claims
for a utility model registration or scope of claims for a patent" in the said
Article shall be deemed to be replaced with "the description".
(3) With regard to the application of Article 8, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the
new Utility Model Act in a case where an application for utility model
registration or an application for patent filed prior to the Effective Date is an
Earlier Application prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the said Act, the
term "the description, scope of claims for a utility model registration or patent"
in these provisions shall be deemed to be replaced with "the description".
(Transitional measures relating to application of penal provisions)
Article 7 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts conducted
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prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 8 In addition to what is prescribed in Articles 2 through the preceding
Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures
relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 47 of May 23, 2003 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from January 1, 2004; provided,
however, that the provisions listed in the following items shall come into effect
as from the date prescribed respectively in those items.
(i) The provisions of Article 18 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date of
the promulgation
(ii) The provisions revising Articles 107 and 195 and Appended Table items (i)
through (iv) and (vi) of the Patent Act in Article 1; the provisions revising
Articles 31 and 54 of the Utility Model Act in Article 2; the provisions
revising Articles 42 and 67 of the Design Act in Article 3; the provisions
revising Articles 40, 41-2, 65-7 and 76 of the Trademark Act in Article 4; the
provisions revising Article 18 of the Act on International Applications under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty in Article 5; the provisions revising Article 40
of the Act on Special Provisions for Procedures related to Industrial Property
Rights in Article 6 (excluding the part pertaining to paragraph (1) of the said
Article); and the provisions of Articles 7 and 8; and the provisions of Article 2,
paragraphs (2) through (6), Article 3, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 4,
paragraph (1), Article 5, paragraph (1), Articles 7 through 11, Articles 16 and
19 of these Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2004
(Transitional measures accompanying revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 (1) The provisions of Article 6 of the Utility Model Act revised by the
provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Utility Model Act" in
this Article) shall be applied to applications for utility model registration being
filed after the enforcement of this Act; and with regard to applications for
utility model registration filed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(2) With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 31, paragraphs (2)
and (3) of the new Utility Model Act concerning the payment of registration
fees pertaining to an application for utility model registration partially filed
prior to the Enforcement Date (excluding applications for utility model
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registration being partially filed on and after the Enforcement Date, which are
deemed to have been partially filed prior to the Enforcement Date pursuant to
the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of the Utility Model Act, or the
provisions of the Article 44, paragraph (2) of the Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act (hereinafter
referred to as "applications for utility model registration pertaining to the
division, etc. of an application for utility model registration prior to the Partial
Enforcement Date ")); and with regard to the application of the provisions of
Article 54, paragraphs (3) through (5) of the new Utility Model Act concerning
the payment of fees pertaining to the same application; the term "the State" in
these provisions shall be deemed to be replaced with "the State, etc. (meaning
the State, etc. prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (4) of the Utility Model Act
prior to revision by the provisions of Article 2 of the Act for Partial Revision of
the Patent Act, etc. (Act No. 47 of 2003))."
(3) With regard to registration fees, concerning a jointly owned utility model
right, which were already paid partially or required to be paid partially prior
to the Enforcement Date (including registration fees the payment of which was
deferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-2 of the Utility Model Act
prior to revision by the provisions of Article 2); notwithstanding the provisions
of Article 31, paragraph (3) of the new Utility Model Act, the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(4) With regard to a trial or a retrial requested prior to the enforcement of this
Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable until the decision
becomes final and binding.
(5) With regard to a retrial against a final and binding decision on a trial
requested prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable.
(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the Amendment Act of
1993)
Article 13 (1) With regard to a trial which was requested prior to the
enforcement of this Act, and is under Article 37, paragraph (1), Article 39,
paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the Utility Model Act prior to
revision by the provisions of the Amendment Act of 1993 (hereinafter referred
to as the "former Utility Model Act"); the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable until the decision becomes final and binding.
(2) The provisions of Article 181 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis
in Article 47, paragraph (2) of the former Utility Model Act replaced in Article
4 paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amendment Act of
1993 revised by the provisions of the preceding Article shall be applied to an
action against a decision on a trial which is requested after the enforcement of
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this Act and is under Article 37, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1)
of the former Utility Model Act; and with regard to an action against a decision
on a trial which has been requested prior to the enforcement of this Act and is
under Article 37, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the former
Utility Model Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Transitional measures relating to application of penal provisions)
Article 17 With regard to applications of penal provisions to acts conducted prior
to the enforcement of this Act, and acts which were conducted after the
enforcement of this Act and are pertaining to matters with regard to which the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of
these Supplementary Provisions; each of the provisions then in force shall
remain applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 18 In addition to what is prescribed in Articles 2 through the preceding
Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures
relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
(Review)
Article 19 The Government shall, when five years have passed from the
enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of these
Supplementary Provisions, review the status of enforcement of the provisions
of Article 107, paragraph (1) and Appended Tables 1 through 4 and 6 of the
New Patent Act and take necessary measures based on the results thereof.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 108 of July 16, 2003 Extract]
[Extract]
(Effective Date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of the
promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 3 shall come
into effect as from the date of the enforcement of the Act for Partial Revision of
the Patent Act, etc. (Act No. 47 of 2003) or the date of the enforcement of this
Act, whichever comes later.
(Transitional measures relating to jurisdiction, etc. over litigation pertaining
to actions relating to patent right, etc. and design right, etc.)
Article 3 (1) With regard to jurisdiction and transfer of litigation pertaining to
actions actually pending at the time of the enforcement of this Act: actions
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relating to patent rights, utility model rights, layout-design exploitation rights
or author's rights over computer programs (referred to as "actions relating to
patent rights, etc." in paragraph (4)), and actions relating to design rights,
trademark rights, author's rights (excluding author's rights over computer
programs), publication rights, neighboring rights or breeder's rights, or actions
pertaining to the infringement of business interests due to unfair competition
(meaning unfair competition prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the
Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Act No. 47 of 1993)); the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(2) The provisions of Articles 269-2 and 310-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure
revised by the provisions of Article 1, and the provisions of Article 182-2 of the
Patent Act revised by the provisions of Article 2 (including cases where Article
182-2 of the Patent Act are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 47, paragraph
(2) of the Utility Model Act revised by the provisions of Article 3) shall not be
applied to cases actually pending at the time of the enforcement of this Act.
(3) The provisions of Article 182-2 of the Patent Act revised by the provisions of
Article 2 shall, except in the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, be
applied to cases pertaining to actions with regard to which the provisions then
in force shall remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of Article 2,
paragraph (9) of the supplementary provisions of the Act for Partial Revision of
the Patent Act, etc., and which are under Article 178, paragraph (1) of the
Patent Act prior to revision by the provisions of Article 1 of the Act for Partial
Revision of the Patent Act, etc. and are against rescission decisions concerning
patent oppositions or decisions of dismissal of written patent oppositions.
(4) With regard to jurisdiction over a case where a temporary restraining order is
pertaining to a petition submitted prior to the enforcement of this Act and an
action on the merits is an action relating to a patent right, etc., the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable.
(Transitional measures relating to the Utility Model Act)
Article 5 (1) In cases where the date of the enforcement of this Act is before the
date of the enforcement of the Act for Partial Revision of the Patent Act, etc.,
with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (2) of
the Utility Model Act until the date preceding the date of the enforcement of
the Act for Partial Revision of the Patent Act, etc., the terms "Article 182" and
"and delivery of original copy of judgment" shall be deemed to be replaced with
"Article 182-2", and "and, delivery of original copy of judgment and composition
of panel", respectively.
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article
182-2 of the Patent Act revised by the provisions of Article 2 and applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 47, paragraph (2) of the Utility Model Act which
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shall be deemed to be replaced in the preceding paragraph and applied shall
not be applied to a case actually pending at the time of the enforcement of this
Act.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 79 of June 4, 2004 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from April 1, 2005; provided, however,
that the provisions listed in the following items shall come into effect as from
the date prescribed respectively in those items.
(i) The provisions of Article 6 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date of
the promulgation
(ii) The provisions revising Article 195, paragraph (7) of the Patent Act in
Article 1; the provisions revising Article 54, paragraph (6) of the Utility
Model Act in Article 2; and the provisions revising Articles 14 through 16 of
the Act on Special Provisions for Procedures related to Industrial Property
Rights in Article 3; and the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of these
Supplementary Provisions: the date of the promulgation or April 1, 2004,
whichever comes later
(Transitional measures accompanying revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 The provisions of the Utility Model Act revised by the provisions of
Article 2 (excluding the provisions revising Article 54, paragraph (6) of the
Utility Model Act) shall be applied to applications for utility model registration
being filed after the enforcement of this Act; and with regard to applications
for utility model registration filed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 6 In addition to what is prescribed in Articles 2 through the preceding
Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures
relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
(Review)
Article 7 The Government shall, when five years have passed from the
enforcement of this Act and it finds the necessity by taking into account the
status of enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 4, Section 3 of the Newly
Revised Act on Special Provisions, review the provisions of the same section
and take necessary measures based on the results thereof.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 102 of June 18, 2004 Extract]
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(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from April 1, 2005.
(Principle of transitional measures)
Article 2 The provisions (excluding the penal provisions) of the Court Act, the
Code of Civil Procedure, the Act on Costs of Civil Procedure, the Patent Act,
the Utility Model Act, the Design Act, the Trademark Act, the Unfair
Competition Prevention Act and the Copyright Act revised by this Act shall,
except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, be applied
also to the matters which occurred prior to the enforcement of this Act;
provided, however, that this shall not preclude an effect raised prior to revision
by this Act by the provisions of these Acts.
(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the former Utility
Model Act of 1993)
Article 5 (1) The provisions (excluding the penal provisions) of the former Utility
Model Act of 1993 revised by this Act shall, except in the case prescribed in the
following paragraph, also be applied also to the matters which occurred prior to
the enforcement of this Act; provided, however, that this shall not preclude an
effect raised by the provisions of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to
revision by this Act.
(2) The following provisions shall not be applied to cases where litigation has
completed prior to the enforcement of this Act, cases where oral arguments
before a high court or a district court that constitutes a court of second
instance have finished prior to the enforcement of this Act, or cases where
parties, prior to the enforcement of this Act, have agreed to reserve rights to a
final appeal against the summary court judgment or the judgment that the
district court has made as a court of first instance and not to appeal to the
court of second instance:
(i) The provisions of Articles 104-3, 105-4 through 105-6 and Article 168,
paragraph (5) and (6) of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 13-3, paragraph (4) of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 revised by
this Act (including cases where they are applied mutatis mutandis in Article
48-13, paragraph (2) of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 revised by this
Act)
(ii) The provisions of Articles 105-4, through 105-6 of the New Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 30 of the former Utility Model Act of
1993 revised by this Act
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 75 of June 29, 2005 Extract] [Extract]
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(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of the promulgation.
(Transitional measures)
Article 2 The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Unfair
Competition Prevention Act revised by the provisions of Article 1 shall be
applied to the acts listed in the said item, which were conducted after the
enforcement of this Act; and with regard to the acts which have been conducted
prior to the enforcement of this Act and are listed in Article 2, paragraph (1),
item (iii) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act prior to revision by the
provisions of Article 1, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Article 3 Deletion
Article 4 Deletion
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 5 In addition to what is prescribed in Article 2 of these Supplementary
Provisions, necessary transitional measures relating to the enforcement of this
Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 55 of June 7, 2006 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 (i)This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of the
promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following
items shall come into effect as from the date prescribed respectively in those
items.
(ii) The provisions revising Article 2, paragraph (3), Articles 38, 44-3 and 55,
the provisions deleting the heading of Article 69, the provisions adding the
heading prior to the said Article, the provisions revising the said Article, the
provisions adding one Article next to the said Article and the provisions
revising Article 74 of the Design Act in Article 1; the provisions revising
Articles 2, 101, 102-3 and 175, the provisions deleting the heading of Article
196, the provisions adding the heading prior to the said Article, the
provisions revising the said Article, the provisions adding one Article next to
the said Article and the provisions revising Article 201 of the Patent Act in
Article 2; the provisions of Article 3; the provisions revising Article 2,
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paragraph (3), Articles 37 and 67, the provisions deleting the heading of
Article 78, the provisions adding the heading prior to the said Article, the
provisions revising the said Article, the provisions adding one Article next to
the said Article and the provisions revising Article 82 of the Trademark Act
in Article 4; and the provisions of Article 5; and the provisions of the
following Article, paragraph (3) and Article 3, paragraph (2), Article 4,
Article 5, paragraph (2), Articles 9, 12, 13 and 16 of these Supplementary
Provisions: January 1, 2007
(Transitional measures accompanying revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 4 The provisions of Articles 2, 28, 33-3 and 44 of the Utility Model Act
revised by the provisions of Article 3 shall be applied to acts partially
conducted on and after the Enforcement Date; and with regard to acts partially
conducted prior to the Enforcement Date, the provisions then in force shall
remain applicable.
Article 9 Deletion
Article 10 Deletion
(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the former Utility
Model Act of 1993)
Article 13 The provisions of Articles 2 and 28 of the former Utility Model Act of
1993 revised by the provisions of the preceding Article shall be applied to acts
partially conducted on and after the Enforcement Date; and with regard to acts
partially conducted prior to the Enforcement Date, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 14 In addition to what is prescribed in Articles 2 through 11 and the
preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional
measures relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet
Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 16 of April 18, 2008 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of the
promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following
items shall come into effect as from the date prescribed respectively in those
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items.
(i) The provisions of Article 6 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date of
the promulgation
(iii) The provisions revising Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 98,
paragraph (1), item (i) of the Patent Act in Article 1; the provisions revising
Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Utility Model Act in Article 2; the
provisions revising Article 61, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Design Act in
Article 3; and the provisions revising Article 68-27, paragraphs (1) and (2) of
the Trademark Act in Article 4: September 30, 2008
(Transitional measures accompanying revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 (1) The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1), proviso and paragraph
(6) of the new Utility Model Act shall be applied to an application for patent
concerning which a certified copy of the examiner's initial decision is to be
served on or after the date of the enforcement of this Act to the effect that the
application for patent should be refused; and with regard to an application for
patent concerning which a certified copy of the examiner's initial decision has
been served prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act to the effect that
the application for patent should have been refused, the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(2) The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2), proviso and paragraph (7) of the
new Utility Model Act shall be applied to an application for design registration
concerning which a certified copy of the examiner's initial decision is to be
served on or after the date of the enforcement of this Act to the effect that the
application for design registration should be refused; and with regard to an
application for design registration concerning which a certified copy of the
examiner's initial decision has been served prior to the date of the enforcement
of this Act to the effect that the application for design registration should have
been refused, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 6 In addition to what is prescribed in Article 2 to the preceding Article of
these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures relating to
the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 63 of June 8, 2011 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of the promulgation.
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(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 (1) The provisions of Article 34-3, paragraph (5) of the New Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 4-2, paragraph (3) of the Utility Model Act
revised by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "new
Utility Model Act") shall not be applied in a case where a priority has been
claimed pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the new
Utility Model Act prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act.
(2) The provisions of Article 7 of the new Utility Model Act shall be applied to
applications for utility model registration or applications for patent filed on
and after the date of the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to
applications for utility model registration or applications for patent filed prior
to the date of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall
remain applicable.
(3) In a case where a person has a provisional non-exclusive license registered
concerning an application for patent actually pending before the Japan Patent
Office at the time of the enforcement of this Act, with regard to consent
pertaining to a priority claim which is based on the application for patent and
is pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the new Utility
Model Act, or a conversion of an application which is based on the application
for patent and is pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) of the
new Utility Model Act, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, paragraph
(1), proviso or Article 10, paragraph (9) of the new Utility Model Act, the
provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(4) The provisions of Article 30 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis
in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act shall, except in the
case prescribed in the following paragraph, be applied to devices pertaining to
applications for utility model registration filed on and after the date of the
enforcement of this Act, and with regard to devices pertaining to applications
for utility model registration filed prior to the date of the enforcement of this
Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(5) In a case where an application for utility model registration filed on and after
the date of the enforcement of this Act is accompanied with a priority claim
pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model
Act, and the Earlier Application prescribed in the said paragraph, which has
been deemed to be the basis for the priority claim, has been filed prior to the
date of the enforcement of this Act; with regard to a device pertaining to the
Earlier Application among devices pertaining to the application for utility
model registration, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30 of the New
Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new
Utility Model Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(6) The provisions of Article 17-2 of the new Utility Model Act, Article 104-3,
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paragraph (3) of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 30 of
the new Utility Model Act and Article 37, paragraph (1), item (v) and
paragraph (2) of the new Utility Model Act shall be applied to applications for
utility model registration filed on and after the date of the enforcement of this
Act, and with regard to applications for utility model registration filed prior to
the date the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(7) The provisions of Article 99 of the New Patent Act and Article 20, paragraph
(1) of the new Utility Model Act which are applied mutatis mutandis in Article
19, paragraph (3) of the new Utility Model Act shall be applied also to the non-
exclusive licenses actually existing at the time of the enforcement of this Act.
(8) In cases where a registration has been carried out prior to the date of the
enforcement of this Act, under Article 99, paragraph (3) of the former Patent
Act (including the registration in a case where a registration has been deemed
to be carried out under Article 99, paragraph (3) of the former Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the former Utility
Model Act, pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, paragraph (2) of the former
Industrial Revitalization Act) applied mutatis mutandis in Article 19,
paragraph (3) or Article 25, paragraph (4) of the Utility Model Act prior to
revision by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "former
Utility Model Act") pertaining to the transfer, modification, extinction or
restriction on disposition of a non-exclusive license, or the establishment,
transfer, modification, extinction or restriction on disposition of a right of
pledge on a non-exclusive license; with regard to the effect of the registration
to third parties, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(9) The provisions of Article 82, paragraph (1) of the New Patent Act applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 26 of the new Utility Model Act shall be applied
also to non-exclusive licenses concerning design rights or exclusive licenses
thereof which actually exist at the time of the enforcement of this Act.
(10) The provisions of Article 104-4 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 30 of the new Utility Model Act shall be applied to claims
in actions for retrial filed on and after the date of the enforcement of this Act
(limited to actions for retrial pertaining to lawsuits to which applied are the
provisions of Article 104-3, paragraph (1) of the Revised Patent Act of 2004
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 30 of the Utility Model Act revised by the
provisions of the Article 5 of the Act for Partial Revision of the Court Act, etc.
(Act No. 120 of 2004)).
(11) The provisions of Article 33-2, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act
shall be applied to utility model rights deemed to have extinguished or from
the beginning to have been non-existent pursuant to the provisions of Article
33, paragraph (4) or (5) of the new Utility Model Act on and after the date of
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the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to utility model rights deemed to
have extinguished or from the beginning to have been non-existent pursuant to
the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (4) or (5) of the former Utility Model Act
prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable.
(12) With regard to a trial or a retrial requested prior to the date of the
enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable
until the decision become final and binding.
(13) With regard to a retrial against a final and binding decision on a trial
requested prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then
in force shall remain applicable.
(14) With regard to invalidation of a utility model registration (limited to
invalidation pertaining to Article 37, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the former
Utility Model Act) pertaining to correction which has been made under Article
14-2, paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act, prior to the date of the
enforcement of this Act (including corrections which is made on and after the
date of the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to which the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
(12)); the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(15) The provisions of Article 167 of the new Utility Model Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 41 of the new Utility Model Act shall be applied to a trial
based on the same facts and same evidence as a trial a final and binding
decision of which has been registered on and after the date of the enforcement
of this Act, and with regard to a trial based on the same facts and same
evidence as a trial a final and binding decision of which has been registered
prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable.
(16) The provisions of Article 181 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in of Article 47, paragraph (2) of the new Utility Model Act shall be
applied to actions against decisions on trials requested on and after the date of
the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to actions against decisions on
trials requested prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable.
(17) The provisions of Article 48-4, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the new Utility
Model Act shall not be applied to International Applications for Utility Model
Registration deemed to have been withdrawn pursuant to the provisions of
Article 48-4, paragraph (3) of the former Utility Model Act prior to the date of
the enforcement of this Act.
(18) With regard to certification, etc. for information which is pertaining to non-
exclusive licenses registered prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act,
and for which certification, etc. has been not to be made pursuant to the
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provisions of Article 186, paragraph (3) of the former Patent Act applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 55, paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act,
notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of Article 186, paragraph (1)
of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 55, paragraph (1) of
the new Utility Model Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 11 In addition to what is prescribed in Articles 2 through the preceding
Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures
relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the former Utility
Model Act of 1993)
Article 18 The provisions of Article 104-4 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 13-3, paragraph (4) of the former Utility Model Act of 1993
revised by the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the
"the Revised former Utility Model Act of 1993") shall be applied to claims in
actions for retrial filed on and after the date of the enforcement of this Act
(limited to actions for retrial pertaining to lawsuits to which applied are the
provisions of Article 104-3, paragraph (1) of the Revised Patent Act of 2004
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 13-3, paragraph (4) of the former Utility
Model Act of 1993 revised by the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary
Provisions of the Act for Partial Revision of the Court Act, etc. (Act No. 120 of
2004)).
(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the Amendment Act of
1993)
Article 20 (1) With regard to a trial or a retrial which has been requested prior
to the date of the enforcement of this Act, and is under Article 37, paragraph
(1), Article 39, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the former
Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to revision by the provisions of Article 17 of the
Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "former Utility Model
Act of 1993 prior to Revision"); the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable until the decision becomes final and binding.
(2) With regard to trials concerning the correction of a description or drawings
attached to an application for utility model registration pertaining to a trial
which has been requested prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act, and
is under Article 37, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the former
Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to Revision, and the decision of which is not
final and binding (referred to as a "trial for correction " in the following
paragraph); the provisions then in force shall remain applicable until the
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decision becomes final and binding.
(3) With regard to retrials against final and binding decisions on trials which
have been requested prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act and are
under Article 37, paragraph (1), Article 39, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12,
paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to Revision, and
with regard to retrials against final and binding decisions on trials for
correction being requested under the provisions then in force pursuant to the
provisions of the preceding paragraph on and after the date of the enforcement
of this Act; the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(4) With regard to invalidation of a utility model registration (limited to
invalidation pertaining to Article 37, paragraph (1), item (ii)-2 of the former
Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to Revision) pertaining to correction which has
been made prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act and is pursuant to
the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (1) or Article 40-2, paragraph (1) of the
former Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to Revision (including correction which
is made on and after the date of the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to
which the provisions then in force shall remain applicable pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph (1) or (2)); the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(5) The provisions of Article 167 applied mutatis mutandis in Article 41 of the
Revised former Utility Model Act of 1993 replaced in Article 4, paragraph (2) of
the Supplementary Provisions of the Amendment Act of 1993 revised by the
provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "Replaced
Revised former Utility Model Act of 1993") shall be applied to a trial based on
the same facts and same evidence as a trial the final and binding decision of
which has been registered on and after the date of the enforcement of this Act;
and with regard to a trial based on the same facts and same evidence as a trial
the final and binding decision of which has been registered prior to the date of
the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(6) The provisions of Article 195-4 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Revised former Utility Model Act
of 1993 and Article 55, paragraph (6) of Replaced Revised former Utility Model
Act of 1993 shall be applied to a decision of dismissal of a written request for
correction which has been requested on and after the date the enforcement of
this Act, and which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 133,
paragraph (3) of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 41 of
the Replaced Revised former Utility Model Act of 1993 pertaining to a trial
under Article 37, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the Revised
former Utility Model Act of 1993, and is under Article 40-2, paragraph (1) of
the Revised former Utility Model Act of 1993; and with regard to a decision of
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dismissal of a written request for correction which has been requested prior to
the date of the enforcement of this Act, and which is made pursuant to the
provisions of Article 133, paragraph (3) of the former Patent Act applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 41 of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to
Revision pertaining to a trial under Article 37, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12,
paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to Revision, and is
under Article 40-2, paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act of 1993 prior
to Revision, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(7) The provisions of Article 181 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis
in Article 47, paragraph (2) of Replaced Revised former Utility Model Act of
1993 shall be applied to an action against a decision concerning a trial which is
requested on and after the date of the enforcement of this Act, and is under
Article 37, paragraph (1), Article 39, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph
(1) of the Revised former Utility Model Act of 1993; and with regard to an
action against a decision on a trial which has been requested prior to the date
of the enforcement of this Act, and is under Article 37, paragraph (1), Article
39, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model
Act of 1993 prior to Revision, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(8) The provisions of Appended Tables 9 of the Revised former Utility Model Act
of 1993 shall be applied to fees pertaining to a trial which is requested on and
after the date of the enforcement of this Act, and is under Article 37,
paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the Revised former Utility
Model Act of 1993; and with regard to fees pertaining to a trial which is
requested prior to the date of the enforcement of this Act and is under Article
37, paragraph (1) or Article 48-12, paragraph (1) of the Former Utility Model
Act of 1993 prior to Revision, the provisions of Appended Tables 9 of the former
Utility Model Act of 1993 prior to Revision shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 74 of June 24, 2011 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date to which 20 days have
elapsed from the date of the promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 36 of May 14, 2014 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of the
promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following
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items shall come into effect as from the date prescribed respectively in those
items.
(i) The provisions of Article 9 of these Supplementary Provisions: the date of
the promulgation
(Transitional measures accompanying partial revision of the Utility Model Act)
Article 3 (1) The provisions of Article 2-2, paragraph (1), proviso of the Utility
Model Act revised by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the
"new Utility Model Act") shall be applied to applications for utility model
registration filed after the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to
applications for utility model registration filed prior to the enforcement of this
Act, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(2) The provisions of Article 8, paragraphs (1) and (4) of the new Utility Model
Act shall be applied to priority claims accompanying applications for utility
model registration filed after the enforcement of this Act, and with regard to
priority claims accompanying applications for utility model registration filed
prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(3) The provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act shall
be applied to an early application which has been made to be the basis of a
priority claim which accompanies an application for utility model registration
filed after the enforcement of this Act, and which is prescribed in Article 8,
paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act; and with regard to an early
application which has been made to be the basis of a priority claim which
accompanies an application for utility model registration filed prior to the
enforcement of this Act, and which is prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) of
the Utility Model Act prior to revision by the provisions of Article 2
(hereinafter referred to as the "former Utility Model Act"), the provisions then
in force shall remain applicable.
(4) The provisions of Article 9, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the new Utility Model
Act shall be applied to a priority claim accompanying an application for utility
model registration being filed after the enforcement of this Act; and with
regard to a priority claim accompanying an application for utility model
registration filed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(5) The provisions of Article 30, paragraph (4) of the New Patent Act applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act
shall not be applied in a case where no certificate prescribed in Article 30,
paragraph (3) of the former Patent Act has been submitted within the period
prescribed in the said paragraph applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11,
paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act prior to the enforcement of this
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Act.
(6) The provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the New Patent Act applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act
(including cases where Article 43, paragraph (1) of the New Patent Act is
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 43-4, paragraph (3) of the New Patent
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model
Act) shall be applied to a priority claim accompanying an application for utility
model registration being filed after the enforcement of this Act; and with
regard to a priority claim accompanying an application for utility model
registration filed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in
force shall remain applicable.
(7) The provisions of Article 43, paragraph (6) of the New Patent Act applied
mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act
(including cases where Article 43, paragraph (6) of the New Patent Act is
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 43-3, paragraph (3) of the New Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model
Act) shall not be applied in a case where, prior to the enforcement of this Act,
no documents prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (2) of the former Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the former Utility
Model Act (including cases where Article 43, paragraph (2) of the former
Patent Act is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 43-2, paragraph (3) of the
former Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the
former Utility Model Act; hereinafter the same shall be applied in this
paragraph), within the period prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (2) of the
former Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the
former Utility Model Act, nor letters prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (5) of
the former Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of
the Former Utility Model Act (including cases where Article 43, paragraph (5)
of the former Patent Act is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 43-2,
paragraph (3) of the former Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 11,
paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act) have been submitted.
(8) The provisions of Article 43-2 of the New Patent Act applied mutatis
mutandis in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act (including
cases where Article 43-2 of the New Patent Act is applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 43-3, paragraph (3) of the New Patent Act applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 11, paragraph (1) of the new Utility Model Act) shall not be applied to a
priority claim accompanying an application for utility model registration filed
prior to the enforcement of this Act.
(9) The provisions of Article 32, paragraph (4) of the new Utility Model Act shall
not be applied in cases where registration fees have not been paid within the
period extended pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (3) of the
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former Utility Model Act, prior to the enforcement of this Act.
(10) The provisions of Article 34, paragraph (3) of the new Utility Model Act shall
not be applied in cases where a return of registration fees pursuant to the
provisions of Article 34, paragraph (1) of the former Utility Model Act has not
been requested within the period prescribed in paragraph (2) of the said Article
prior to the enforcement of this Act.
(11) With regard to the amendment of procedures concerning an international
application deemed to be an application for utility model registration filed
pursuant to the provisions of Article 48-16, paragraph (4) of the Utility Model
Act, prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall
remain applicable.
(12) The provisions of Article 54-2, paragraph (12) of the new Utility Model Act
shall not be applied in cases where a return of fees pursuant to the provisions
of Article 54-2, paragraph (2), (4) or (6), (8) or (10) of the former Utility Model
Act has not been requested within the period prescribed in paragraph (3), (7),
(9) or (11) of the said Article prior to the enforcement of this Act.
(Transitional measures relating to penal provisions)
Article 8 With regard to application of penal provisions to acts conducted prior
to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 9 In addition to what is prescribed in Articles 2 through the preceding
Article and Article 19 of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary
transitional measures relating to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified
by a Cabinet Order.
(Review)
Article 10 The Government shall, when five years have passed from the
enforcement of this Act and it finds the necessity by taking into account the
status of enforcement of the Patent Attorney Act revised by the provisions of
Article 6 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Patent Attorney Act" in this
Article), review the provisions of the New Patent Attorney Act and take
necessary measures based on the results thereof.
Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 69 of June 13, 2014 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date of the enforcement of
the Administrative Appeal Act (Act No. 68 of 2014).
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Supplementary Provisions [Act No. 55 of July 10, 2015 Extract] [Extract]
(Effective date)
Article 1 This Act shall come into effect as from the date specified by a Cabinet
Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of the promulgation.
(Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Article 5 In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding 3 articles and Article
9 of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures relating
to the enforcement of this Act shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.
Appended table (relating to Article 54)
Person responsible for payment Amount of Money
1 Person filing application for utility
model registration
14,000 yen per case
2 Person responsible for procedures
pursuant to provisions of Article 48-
5, paragraph (1)
14,000 yen per case
3 Person offering pursuant to
provisions of Article 48-16,
paragraph (1)
14,000 yen per case
4 Person requesting extension of
period pursuant to provisions of
Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Patent
Act applied mutatis mutandis in
Article 2-5, paragraph (1)
4,200 yen per case
5 Person requesting Utility Model
Technical Opinion
42,000 yen per case, plus
1,300 yen per claim
6 Person correcting description, scope
of claims for a utility model
registration, or drawings
1,400 yen per case
7 Person requesting judgment
pursuant to provisions of Article 71,
paragraph (1) of the Patent Act
applied mutatis mutandis in Article
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40,000 yen per case
8 Person requesting ruling 55,000 yen per case
9 Person requesting rescission of
ruling
27,500 yen per case
10 Person requesting trial or retrial 49,500 yen per case, plus
5,500 yen per claim
11 Person applying for intervention in
trial or retrial.
55,000 yen per case
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実用新案法（暫定版）
（昭和三十四年四月十三日法律第百二十三号）
目次
第一章 総則（第一条―第二条の五）
第二章 実用新案登録及び実用新案登録出願（第三条―第十一条）
第三章 実用新案技術評価（第十二条・第十三条）
第四章 実用新案権
第一節 実用新案権（第十四条―第二十六条）
第二節 権利侵害（第二十七条―第三十条）
第三節 登録料（第三十一条―第三十六条）
第五章 審判（第三十七条―第四十一条）
第六章 再審及び訴訟（第四十二条―第四十八条の二）
第七章 特許協力条約に基づく国際出願に係る特例（第四十八条の三―第四十八条の
十六）
第八章 雑則（第四十九条―第五十五条）
第九章 罰則（第五十六条―第六十四条）
附 則
第一章 総則
（目的）
第一条 この法律は、物品の形状、構造又は組合せに係る考案の保護及び利用を図るこ
とにより、その考案を奨励し、もつて産業の発達に寄与することを目的とする。
（定義）
第二条 この法律で「考案」とは、自然法則を利用した技術的思想の創作をいう。
２ この法律で「登録実用新案」とは、実用新案登録を受けている考案をいう。
３ この法律で考案について「実施」とは、考案に係る物品を製造し、使用し、譲渡し、
貸し渡し、輸出し、若しくは輸入し、又はその譲渡若しくは貸渡しの申出（譲渡又は
貸渡しのための展示を含む。以下同じ。）をする行為をいう。
（手続の補正）
第二条の二 実用新案登録出願、請求その他実用新案登録に関する手続（以下単に「手
続」という。）をした者は、事件が特許庁に係属している場合に限り、その補正をす
ることができる。ただし、経済産業省令で定める期間を経過した後は、願書に添付し
た明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲、図面若しくは要約書又は第八条第四項若しくは
第十一条第一項において準用する特許法（昭和三十四年法律第百二十一号）第四十三
条第一項（第十一条第一項において準用する同法第四十三条の二第二項（第十一条第
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一項において準用する同法第四十三条の三第三項において準用する場合を含む。）及
び第四十三条の三第三項において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する書面について補
正をすることができない。
２ 前項本文の規定により明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面について補正をす
るときは、願書に最初に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面に記載し
た事項の範囲内においてしなければならない。
３ 第一項の規定にかかわらず、第十四条の二第一項の訂正に係る訂正書に添付した訂
正した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面については、その補正をすることが
できない。
４ 特許庁長官は、次に掲げる場合は、相当の期間を指定して、手続の補正をすべきこ
とを命ずることができる。
一 手続が第二条の五第二項において準用する特許法第七条第一項から第三項まで又
は第九条の規定に違反しているとき。
二 手続がこの法律又はこの法律に基づく命令で定める方式に違反しているとき。
三 手続について第三十二条第一項の規定により納付すべき登録料を納付しないとき。
四 手続について第五十四条第一項又は第二項の規定により納付すべき手数料を納付
しないとき。
５ 手続の補正（登録料及び手数料の納付を除く。）をするには、手続補正書を提出し
なければならない。
（手続の却下）
第二条の三 特許庁長官は、前条第四項、第六条の二又は第十四条の三の規定により手
続の補正をすべきことを命じた者がこれらの規定により指定した期間内にその補正を
しないときは、その手続を却下することができる。
（法人でない社団等の手続をする能力）
第二条の四 法人でない社団又は財団であつて、代表者又は管理人の定めがあるものは、
その名において次に掲げる手続をすることができる。
一 第十二条第一項に規定する実用新案技術評価の請求をすること。
二 審判を請求すること。
三 審判の確定審決に対する再審を請求すること。
２ 法人でない社団又は財団であつて、代表者又は管理人の定めがあるものは、その名
において審判の確定審決に対する再審を請求されることができる。
（特許法の準用）
第二条の五 特許法第三条及び第五条の規定は、この法律に規定する期間及び期日に準
用する。
２ 特許法第七条から第九条まで、第十一条から第十六条まで及び第十八条の二から第
二十四条までの規定は、手続に準用する。
３ 特許法第二十五条の規定は、実用新案権その他実用新案登録に関する権利に準用す
る。
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４ 特許法第二十六条の規定は、実用新案登録に準用する。
第二章 実用新案登録及び実用新案登録出願
（実用新案登録の要件）
第三条 産業上利用することができる考案であつて物品の形状、構造又は組合せに係る
ものをした者は、次に掲げる考案を除き、その考案について実用新案登録を受けるこ
とができる。
一 実用新案登録出願前に日本国内又は外国において公然知られた考案
二 実用新案登録出願前に日本国内又は外国において公然実施をされた考案
三 実用新案登録出願前に日本国内又は外国において、頒布された刊行物に記載され
た考案又は電気通信回線を通じて公衆に利用可能となつた考案
２ 実用新案登録出願前にその考案の属する技術の分野における通常の知識を有する者
が前項各号に掲げる考案に基いてきわめて容易に考案をすることができたときは、そ
の考案については、同項の規定にかかわらず、実用新案登録を受けることができない。
第三条の二 実用新案登録出願に係る考案が当該実用新案登録出願の日前の他の実用新
案登録出願又は特許出願であつて当該実用新案登録出願後に第十四条第三項の規定に
より同項各号に掲げる事項を掲載した実用新案公報（以下「実用新案掲載公報」とい
う。）の発行又は特許法第六十六条第三項の規定により同項各号に掲げる事項を掲載
した特許公報の発行若しくは出願公開がされたものの願書に最初に添付した明細書、
実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲又は図面（同法第三十六条の二第二
項の外国語書面出願にあつては、同条第一項の外国語書面）に記載された考案又は発
明（その考案又は発明をした者が当該実用新案登録出願に係る考案の考案者と同一の
者である場合におけるその考案又は発明を除く。）と同一であるときは、その考案に
ついては、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、実用新案登録を受けることができない。
ただし、当該実用新案登録出願の時にその出願人と当該他の実用新案登録出願又は特
許出願の出願人とが同一の者であるときは、この限りでない。
（実用新案登録を受けることができない考案）
第四条 公の秩序、善良の風俗又は公衆の衛生を害するおそれがある考案については、
第三条第一項の規定にかかわらず、実用新案登録を受けることができない。
（仮通常実施権）
第四条の二 実用新案登録を受ける権利を有する者は、その実用新案登録を受ける権利
に基づいて取得すべき実用新案権について、その実用新案登録出願の願書に最初に添
付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面に記載した事項の範囲内において、
他人に仮通常実施権を許諾することができる。
２ 前項の規定による仮通常実施権に係る実用新案登録出願について実用新案権の設定
の登録があつたときは、当該仮通常実施権を有する者に対し、その実用新案権につい
て、当該仮通常実施権の設定行為で定めた範囲内において、通常実施権が許諾された
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ものとみなす。
３ 特許法第三十三条第二項及び第三項、第三十四条の三第四項から第六項まで及び第
八項から第十項まで並びに第三十四条の五の規定は、仮通常実施権に準用する。この
場合において、同法第三十四条の三第八項中「実用新案法第四条の二第一項の規定に
よる仮通常実施権に係る実用新案登録出願について、第四十六条第一項」とあるのは
「第一項又は前条第四項の規定による仮通常実施権に係る特許出願について、実用新
案法第十条第一項」と、同条第九項中「第四十六条第二項」とあるのは「実用新案法
第十条第二項」と読み替えるものとする。
（実用新案登録出願）
第五条 実用新案登録を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した願書を特許庁
長官に提出しなければならない。
一 実用新案登録出願人の氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所
二 考案者の氏名及び住所又は居所
２ 願書には、明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲、図面及び要約書を添付しなければな
らない。
３ 前項の明細書には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
一 考案の名称
二 図面の簡単な説明
三 考案の詳細な説明
４ 前項第三号の考案の詳細な説明は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、その考案
の属する技術の分野における通常の知識を有する者がその実施をすることができる程
度に明確かつ十分に、記載しなければならない。
５ 第二項の実用新案登録請求の範囲には、請求項に区分して、各請求項ごとに実用新
案登録出願人が実用新案登録を受けようとする考案を特定するために必要と認める事
項のすべてを記載しなければならない。この場合において、一の請求項に係る考案と
他の請求項に係る考案とが同一である記載となることを妨げない。
６ 第二項の実用新案登録請求の範囲の記載は、次の各号に適合するものでなければな
らない。
一 実用新案登録を受けようとする考案が考案の詳細な説明に記載したものであるこ
と。
二 実用新案登録を受けようとする考案が明確であること。
三 請求項ごとの記載が簡潔であること。
四 その他経済産業省令で定めるところにより記載されていること。
７ 第二項の要約書には、明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面に記載した考案の
概要その他経済産業省令で定める事項を記載しなければならない。
第六条 二以上の考案については、経済産業省令で定める技術的関係を有することによ
り考案の単一性の要件を満たす一群の考案に該当するときは、一の願書で実用新案登
録出願をすることができる。
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（補正命令）
第六条の二 特許庁長官は、実用新案登録出願が次の各号の一に該当するときは、相当
の期間を指定して、願書に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面につい
て補正をすべきことを命ずることができる。
一 その実用新案登録出願に係る考案が物品の形状、構造又は組合せに係るものでな
いとき。
二 その実用新案登録出願に係る考案が第四条の規定により実用新案登録をすること
ができないものであるとき。
三 その実用新案登録出願が第五条第六項第四号又は前条に規定する要件を満たして
いないとき。
四 その実用新案登録出願の願書に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しく
は図面に必要な事項が記載されておらず、又はその記載が著しく不明確であるとき。
（先願）
第七条 同一の考案について異なつた日に二以上の実用新案登録出願があつたときは、
最先の実用新案登録出願人のみがその考案について実用新案登録を受けることができ
る。
２ 同一の考案について同日に二以上の実用新案登録出願があつたときは、いずれも、
その考案について実用新案登録を受けることができない。
３ 実用新案登録出願に係る考案と特許出願に係る発明とが同一である場合において、
その実用新案登録出願及び特許出願が異なつた日にされたものであるときは、実用新
案登録出願人は、特許出願人より先に出願をした場合にのみその考案について実用新
案登録を受けることができる。
４ 実用新案登録出願又は特許出願が放棄され、取り下げられ、又は却下されたときは、
その実用新案登録出願又は特許出願は、前三項の規定の適用については、初めからな
かつたものとみなす。
５ 特許出願について拒絶をすべき旨の査定又は審決が確定したときは、その特許出願
は、第三項の規定の適用については、初めからなかつたものとみなす。ただし、その
特許出願について特許法第三十九条第二項後段の規定に該当することにより拒絶をす
べき旨の査定又は審決が確定したときは、この限りでない。
６ 特許法第三十九条第四項の協議が成立せず、又は協議をすることができないときは、
実用新案登録出願人は、その考案について実用新案登録を受けることができない。
（実用新案登録出願等に基づく優先権主張）
第八条 実用新案登録を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる場合を除き、その実用新案登
録出願に係る考案について、その者が実用新案登録又は特許を受ける権利を有する実
用新案登録出願又は特許出願であつて先にされたもの（以下「先の出願」という。）
の願書に最初に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲又
は図面（先の出願が特許法第三十六条の二第二項の外国語書面出願である場合にあつ
ては、同条第一項の外国語書面）に記載された考案に基づいて優先権を主張すること
ができる。ただし、先の出願について仮専用実施権を有する者があるときは、その実
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用新案登録出願の際に、その承諾を得ている場合に限る。
一 その実用新案登録出願が先の出願の日から一年以内にされたものでない場合（そ
の実用新案登録出願を先の出願の日から一年以内にすることができなかつたことに
ついて正当な理由がある場合であつて、かつ、その実用新案登録出願が経済産業省
令で定める期間内にされたものである場合を除く。）
二 先の出願が第十一条第一項において準用する特許法第四十四条第一項の規定によ
る実用新案登録出願の分割に係る新たな実用新案登録出願若しくは第十条第一項若
しくは第二項の規定による出願の変更に係る実用新案登録出願又は同法第四十四条
第一項の規定による特許出願の分割に係る新たな特許出願、同法第四十六条第一項
若しくは第二項の規定による出願の変更に係る特許出願若しくは同法第四十六条の
二第一項の規定による実用新案登録に基づく特許出願である場合
三 先の出願が、その実用新案登録出願の際に、放棄され、取り下げられ、又は却下
されている場合
四 先の出願について、その実用新案登録出願の際に、査定又は審決が確定している
場合
五 先の出願について、その実用新案登録出願の際に、第十四条第二項に規定する設
定の登録がされている場合
２ 前項の規定による優先権の主張を伴う実用新案登録出願に係る考案のうち、当該優
先権の主張の基礎とされた先の出願の願書に最初に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請
求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲又は図面（当該先の出願が特許法第三十六条の二第
二項の外国語書面出願である場合にあつては、同条第一項の外国語書面）に記載され
た考案（当該先の出願が前項若しくは同法第四十一条第一項の規定による優先権の主
張又は同法第四十三条第一項、第四十三条の二第一項（同法第四十三条の三第三項に
おいて準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第四十三条の三第一項若しくは第二項（これ
らの規定を第十一条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による優先権の主
張を伴う出願である場合には、当該先の出願についての優先権の主張の基礎とされた
出願に係る出願の際の書類（明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範
囲又は図面に相当するものに限る。）に記載された考案を除く。）についての第三条、
第三条の二本文、前条第一項から第三項まで、第十一条第一項において準用する同法
第三十条第一項及び第二項、第十七条、第二十六条において準用する同法第六十九条
第二項第二号、同法第七十九条、同法第八十一条及び同法第八十二条第一項並びに同
法第三十九条第三項及び第四項並びに第七十二条、意匠法（昭和三十四年法律第百二
十五号）第二十六条、第三十一条第二項及び第三十二条第二項並びに商標法（昭和三
十四年法律第百二十七号）第二十九条並びに第三十三条の二第三項及び第三十三条の
三第三項（これらの規定を同法第六十八条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の
規定の適用については、当該実用新案登録出願は、当該先の出願の時にされたものと
みなす。
３ 第一項の規定による優先権の主張を伴う実用新案登録出願の願書に最初に添付した
明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面に記載された考案のうち、当該優先権の主
張の基礎とされた先の出願の願書に最初に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲
若しくは特許請求の範囲又は図面（当該先の出願が特許法第三十六条の二第二項の外
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国語書面出願である場合にあつては、同条第一項の外国語書面）に記載された考案
（当該先の出願が第一項若しくは同法第四十一条第一項の規定による優先権の主張又
は同法第四十三条第一項、第四十三条の二第一項（同法第四十三条の三第三項におい
て準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第四十三条の三第一項若しくは第二項（これらの
規定を第十一条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による優先権の主張を
伴う出願である場合には、当該先の出願についての優先権の主張の基礎とされた出願
に係る出願の際の書類（明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲又
は図面に相当するものに限る。）に記載された考案を除く。）については、当該実用
新案登録出願について実用新案掲載公報の発行がされた時に当該先の出願について実
用新案掲載公報の発行又は出願公開がされたものとみなして、第三条の二本文又は同
法第二十九条の二本文の規定を適用する。
４ 第一項の規定による優先権を主張しようとする者は、その旨及び先の出願の表示を
記載した書面を経済産業省令で定める期間内に特許庁長官に提出しなければならない。
（先の出願の取下げ等）
第九条 前条第一項の規定による優先権の主張の基礎とされた先の出願は、その出願の
日から経済産業省令で定める期間を経過した時に取り下げたものとみなす。ただし、
当該先の出願が放棄され、取り下げられ、若しくは却下されている場合、当該先の出
願について査定若しくは審決が確定している場合、当該先の出願について第十四条第
二項に規定する設定の登録がされている場合又は当該先の出願に基づく全ての優先権
の主張が取り下げられている場合には、この限りでない。
２ 前条第一項の規定による優先権の主張を伴う実用新案登録出願の出願人は、先の出
願の日から経済産業省令で定める期間を経過した後は、その主張を取り下げることが
できない。
３ 前条第一項の規定による優先権の主張を伴う実用新案登録出願が先の出願の日から
経済産業省令で定める期間内に取り下げられたときは、同時に当該優先権の主張が取
り下げられたものとみなす。
（出願の変更）
第十条 特許出願人は、その特許出願（特許法第四十六条の二第一項の規定による実用
新案登録に基づく特許出願（同法第四十四条第二項（同法第四十六条第六項において
準用する場合を含む。）の規定により当該特許出願の時にしたものとみなされるもの
を含む。）を除く。）を実用新案登録出願に変更することができる。ただし、その特
許出願について拒絶をすべき旨の最初の査定の謄本の送達があつた日から三月を経過
した後又はその特許出願の日から九年六月を経過した後は、この限りでない。
２ 意匠登録出願人は、その意匠登録出願（意匠法第十三条第六項において準用する同
法第十条の二第二項の規定により特許法第四十六条の二第一項の規定による実用新案
登録に基づく特許出願の時にしたものとみなされる意匠登録出願（意匠法第十条の二
第二項の規定により当該意匠登録出願の時にしたものとみなされるものを含む。）を
除く。）を実用新案登録出願に変更することができる。ただし、その意匠登録出願に
ついて拒絶をすべき旨の最初の査定の謄本の送達があつた日から三月を経過した後又
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はその意匠登録出願の日から九年六月を経過した後は、この限りでない。
３ 前二項の規定による出願の変更があつたときは、その実用新案登録出願は、その特
許出願又は意匠登録出願の時にしたものとみなす。ただし、その実用新案登録出願が
第三条の二に規定する他の実用新案登録出願又は特許法第二十九条の二に規定する実
用新案登録出願に該当する場合におけるこれらの規定の適用及び次条第一項において
準用する同法第三十条第三項の規定の適用については、この限りでない。
４ 第一項又は第二項の規定による出願の変更をする場合における次条第一項において
準用する特許法第四十三条第二項（次条第一項において準用する同法第四十三条の二
第二項（次条第一項において準用する同法第四十三条の三第三項において準用する場
合を含む。）及び第四十三条の三第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定の適
用については、同法第四十三条第二項中「最先の日から一年四月以内」とあるのは、
「最先の日から一年四月又は実用新案法第十条第一項若しくは第二項の規定による出
願の変更に係る実用新案登録出願の日から三月のいずれか遅い日まで」とする。
５ 第一項又は第二項の規定による出願の変更があつたときは、その特許出願又は意匠
登録出願は、取り下げたものとみなす。
６ 第一項ただし書に規定する三月の期間は、特許法第四条の規定により同法第百二十
一条第一項に規定する期間が延長されたときは、その延長された期間を限り、延長さ
れたものとみなす。
７ 第二項ただし書に規定する三月の期間は、意匠法第六十八条第一項において準用す
る特許法第四条の規定により意匠法第四十六条第一項に規定する期間が延長されたと
きは、その延長された期間を限り、延長されたものとみなす。
８ 第一項に規定する出願の変更をする場合には、もとの特許出願について提出された
書面又は書類であつて、新たな実用新案登録出願について第八条第四項又は次条第一
項において準用する特許法第三十条第三項若しくは第四十三条第一項及び第二項（こ
れらの規定を次条第一項において準用する同法第四十三条の二第二項（次条第一項に
おいて準用する同法第四十三条の三第三項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第四
十三条の三第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により提出しなければなら
ないものは、当該新たな実用新案登録出願と同時に特許庁長官に提出されたものとみ
なす。
９ 特許出願人は、その特許出願について仮専用実施権を有する者があるときは、その
承諾を得た場合に限り、第一項の規定による出願の変更をすることができる。
１０ 第八項の規定は、第二項の規定による出願の変更の場合に準用する。
（特許法の準用）
第十一条 特許法第三十条（発明の新規性の喪失の例外）、第三十八条（共同出願）、
第四十三条から第四十四条まで（パリ条約による優先権主張の手続等及び特許出願の
分割）の規定は、実用新案登録出願に準用する。
２ 特許法第三十三条並びに第三十四条第一項、第二項及び第四項から第七項まで（特
許を受ける権利）の規定は、実用新案登録を受ける権利に準用する。
３ 特許法第三十五条（仮専用実施権に係る部分を除く。）（職務発明）の規定は、従
業者、法人の役員又は国家公務員若しくは地方公務員がした考案に準用する。
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第三章 実用新案技術評価
（実用新案技術評価の請求）
第十二条 実用新案登録出願又は実用新案登録については、何人も、特許庁長官に、そ
の実用新案登録出願に係る考案又は登録実用新案に関する技術的な評価であつて、第
三条第一項第三号及び第二項（同号に掲げる考案に係るものに限る。）、第三条の二
並びに第七条第一項から第三項まで及び第六項の規定に係るもの（以下「実用新案技
術評価」という。）を請求することができる。この場合において、二以上の請求項に
係る実用新案登録出願又は実用新案登録については、請求項ごとに請求することがで
きる。
２ 前項の規定による請求は、実用新案権の消滅後においても、することができる。た
だし、実用新案登録無効審判により無効にされた後は、この限りでない。
３ 前二項の規定にかかわらず、第一項の規定による請求は、その実用新案登録に基づ
いて特許法第四十六条の二第一項の規定による特許出願がされた後は、することがで
きない。
４ 特許庁長官は、第一項の規定による請求があつたときは、審査官にその請求に係る
実用新案技術評価の報告書（以下「実用新案技術評価書」という。）を作成させなけ
ればならない。
５ 特許法第四十七条第二項の規定は、実用新案技術評価書の作成に準用する。
６ 第一項の規定による請求は、取り下げることができない。
７ 実用新案登録出願人又は実用新案権者でない者から第一項の規定による請求があつ
た後に、その請求に係る実用新案登録（実用新案登録出願について同項の規定による
請求があつた場合におけるその実用新案登録出願に係る実用新案登録を含む。）に基
づいて特許法第四十六条の二第一項の規定による特許出願がされたときは、その請求
は、されなかつたものとみなす。この場合において、特許庁長官は、その旨を請求人
に通知しなければならない。
第十三条 特許庁長官は、実用新案掲載公報の発行前に実用新案技術評価の請求があつ
たときは当該実用新案掲載公報の発行の際又はその後遅滞なく、実用新案掲載公報の
発行後に実用新案技術評価の請求があつたときはその後遅滞なく、その旨を実用新案
公報に掲載しなければならない。
２ 特許庁長官は、実用新案登録出願人又は実用新案権者でない者から実用新案技術評
価の請求があつたときは、その旨を実用新案登録出願人又は実用新案権者に通知しな
ければならない。
３ 特許庁長官は、実用新案技術評価書の作成がされたときは、その謄本を、請求人が
実用新案登録出願人又は実用新案権者であるときは請求人に、請求人が実用新案登録
出願人又は実用新案権者でないときは請求人及び実用新案登録出願人又は実用新案権
者に送達しなければならない。
第四章 実用新案権
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第一節 実用新案権
（実用新案権の設定の登録）
第十四条 実用新案権は、設定の登録により発生する。
２ 実用新案登録出願があつたときは、その実用新案登録出願が放棄され、取り下げら
れ、又は却下された場合を除き、実用新案権の設定の登録をする。
３ 前項の登録があつたときは、次に掲げる事項を実用新案公報に掲載しなければなら
ない。
一 実用新案権者の氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所
二 実用新案登録出願の番号及び年月日
三 考案者の氏名及び住所又は居所
四 願書に添付した明細書及び実用新案登録請求の範囲に記載した事項並びに図面の
内容
五 願書に添付した要約書に記載した事項
六 登録番号及び設定の登録の年月日
七 前各号に掲げるもののほか、必要な事項
４ 特許法第六十四条第三項の規定は、前項の規定により同項第五号の要約書に記載し
た事項を実用新案公報に掲載する場合に準用する。
（明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面の訂正）
第十四条の二 実用新案権者は、次に掲げる場合を除き、願書に添付した明細書、実用
新案登録請求の範囲又は図面の訂正を一回に限りすることができる。
一 第十三条第三項の規定による最初の実用新案技術評価書の謄本の送達があつた日
から二月を経過したとき。
二 実用新案登録無効審判について、第三十九条第一項の規定により最初に指定され
た期間を経過したとき。
２ 前項の訂正は、次に掲げる事項を目的とするものに限る。
一 実用新案登録請求の範囲の減縮
二 誤記の訂正
三 明瞭でない記載の釈明
四 他の請求項の記載を引用する請求項の記載を当該他の請求項の記載を引用しない
ものとすること。
３ 第一項の訂正は、願書に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面（前項
第二号に掲げる事項を目的とする訂正の場合にあつては、願書に最初に添付した明細
書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面）に記載した事項の範囲内においてしなければ
ならない。
４ 第一項の訂正は、実質上実用新案登録請求の範囲を拡張し、又は変更するものであ
つてはならない。
５ 特許法第四条の規定は、第一項第一号に規定する期間に準用する。
６ 第一項の訂正をする者がその責めに帰することができない理由により同項第一号に
規定する期間を経過するまでにその訂正をすることができないときは、同号の規定に
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かかわらず、その理由がなくなつた日から十四日（在外者にあつては、二月）以内で
その期間の経過後六月以内にその訂正をすることができる。
７ 実用新案権者は、第一項の訂正をする場合のほか、請求項の削除を目的とするもの
に限り、願書に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面の訂正をすること
ができる。ただし、実用新案登録無効審判が特許庁に係属している場合において第四
十一条において準用する特許法第百五十六条第一項の規定による通知があつた後（同
条第三項の規定による審理の再開がされた場合にあつては、その後更に同条第一項の
規定による通知があつた後）は、願書に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又
は図面の訂正をすることができない。
８ 第一項及び前項の訂正は、実用新案権の消滅後においても、することができる。た
だし、実用新案登録無効審判により無効にされた後は、この限りでない。
９ 第一項又は第七項の訂正をするには、訂正書を提出しなければならない。
１０ 第一項の訂正をするときは、訂正書に訂正した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲
又は図面を添付しなければならない。
１１ 第一項又は第七項の訂正があつたときは、その訂正後における明細書、実用新案
登録請求の範囲又は図面により実用新案登録出願及び実用新案権の設定の登録がされ
たものとみなす。
１２ 第一項又は第七項の訂正があつたときは、第一項の訂正にあつては訂正した明細
書及び実用新案登録請求の範囲に記載した事項並びに図面の内容を、第七項の訂正に
あつてはその旨を、実用新案公報に掲載しなければならない。
１３ 特許法第百二十七条及び第百三十二条第三項の規定は、第一項及び第七項の場合
に準用する。
（訂正に係る補正命令）
第十四条の三 特許庁長官は、訂正書（前条第一項の訂正に係るものに限る。）の提出
があつた場合において、その訂正書に添付した訂正した明細書、実用新案登録請求の
範囲又は図面の記載が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、相当の期間を指定して、
その訂正書に添付した訂正した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面について補
正をすべきことを命ずることができる。
一 その訂正書に添付した訂正した実用新案登録請求の範囲に記載されている事項に
より特定される考案が物品の形状、構造又は組合せに係るものでないとき。
二 その訂正書に添付した訂正した実用新案登録請求の範囲に記載されている事項に
より特定される考案が第四条の規定により実用新案登録をすることができないもの
であるとき。
三 その訂正書に添付した訂正した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面の記載
が第五条第六項第四号又は第六条に規定する要件を満たしていないとき。
四 その訂正書に添付した訂正した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは図面に
必要な事項が記載されておらず、又はその記載が著しく不明確であるとき。
（存続期間）
第十五条 実用新案権の存続期間は、実用新案登録出願の日から十年をもつて終了する。
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（実用新案権の効力）
第十六条 実用新案権者は、業として登録実用新案の実施をする権利を専有する。ただ
し、その実用新案権について専用実施権を設定したときは、専用実施権者がその登録
実用新案の実施をする権利を専有する範囲については、この限りでない。
（他人の登録実用新案等との関係）
第十七条 実用新案権者、専用実施権者又は通常実施権者は、その登録実用新案がその
実用新案登録出願の日前の出願に係る他人の登録実用新案、特許発明若しくは登録意
匠若しくはこれに類似する意匠を利用するものであるとき、又はその実用新案権がそ
の実用新案登録出願の日前の出願に係る他人の意匠権若しくは商標権と抵触するとき
は、業としてその登録実用新案の実施をすることができない。
（実用新案権の移転の特例）
第十七条の二 実用新案登録が第三十七条第一項第二号に規定する要件に該当するとき
（その実用新案登録が第十一条第一項において準用する特許法第三十八条の規定に違
反してされたときに限る。）又は第三十七条第一項第五号に規定する要件に該当する
ときは、当該実用新案登録に係る考案について実用新案登録を受ける権利を有する者
は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、その実用新案権者に対し、当該実用新案権
の移転を請求することができる。
２ 前項の規定による請求に基づく実用新案権の移転の登録があつたときは、その実用
新案権は、初めから当該登録を受けた者に帰属していたものとみなす。
３ 共有に係る実用新案権について第一項の規定による請求に基づきその持分を移転す
る場合においては、第二十六条において準用する特許法第七十三条第一項の規定は、
適用しない。
（専用実施権）
第十八条 実用新案権者は、その実用新案権について専用実施権を設定することができ
る。
２ 専用実施権者は、設定行為で定めた範囲内において、業としてその登録実用新案の
実施をする権利を専有する。
３ 特許法第七十七条第三項から第五項まで（移転等）、第九十七条第二項（放棄）並
びに第九十八条第一項第二号及び第二項（登録の効果）の規定は、専用実施権に準用
する。
（通常実施権）
第十九条 実用新案権者は、その実用新案権について他人に通常実施権を許諾すること
ができる。
２ 通常実施権者は、この法律の規定により又は設定行為で定めた範囲内において、業
としてその登録実用新案の実施をする権利を有する。
３ 特許法第七十三条第一項（共有）、第九十七条第三項（放棄）及び第九十九条（通
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常実施権の対抗力）の規定は、通常実施権に準用する。
（無効審判の請求登録前の実施による通常実施権）
第二十条 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者であつて、特許法第百二十三条第一項の特
許無効審判（以下この項において単に「特許無効審判」という。）の請求の登録前に、
特許が同条第一項各号のいずれかに規定する要件に該当することを知らないで、日本
国内において当該発明の実施である事業をしているもの又はその事業の準備をしてい
るものは、その実施又は準備をしている発明及び事業の目的の範囲内において、その
特許を無効にした場合における実用新案権又はその際現に存する専用実施権について
通常実施権を有する。
一 実用新案登録に係る考案と特許に係る発明とが同一である場合において、特許を
無効にした場合における原特許権者
二 特許を無効にしてその発明と同一の考案について正当権利者に実用新案登録をし
た場合における原特許権者
三 前二号に掲げる場合において、特許無効審判の請求の登録の際現にその無効にし
た特許に係る特許権についての専用実施権又はその特許権若しくは専用実施権につ
いての通常実施権を有する者
２ 当該実用新案権者又は専用実施権者は、前項の規定により通常実施権を有する者か
ら相当の対価を受ける権利を有する。
（不実施の場合の通常実施権の設定の裁定）
第二十一条 登録実用新案の実施が継続して三年以上日本国内において適当にされてい
ないときは、その登録実用新案の実施をしようとする者は、実用新案権者又は専用実
施権者に対し通常実施権の許諾について協議を求めることができる。ただし、その登
録実用新案に係る実用新案登録出願の日から四年を経過していないときは、この限り
でない。
２ 前項の協議が成立せず、又は協議をすることができないときは、その登録実用新案
の実施をしようとする者は、特許庁長官の裁定を請求することができる。
３ 特許法第八十四条から第九十一条の二まで（裁定の手続等）の規定は、前項の裁定
に準用する。
（自己の登録実用新案の実施をするための通常実施権の設定の裁定）
第二十二条 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者は、その登録実用新案が第十七条に規定す
る場合に該当するときは、同条の他人に対しその登録実用新案の実施をするための通
常実施権又は特許権若しくは意匠権についての通常実施権の許諾について協議を求め
ることができる。
２ 前項の協議を求められた第十七条の他人は、その協議を求めた実用新案権者又は専
用実施権者に対し、これらの者がその協議により通常実施権又は特許権若しくは意匠
権についての通常実施権の許諾を受けて実施をしようとする登録実用新案の範囲内に
おいて、通常実施権の許諾について協議を求めることができる。
３ 第一項の協議が成立せず、又は協議をすることができないときは、実用新案権者又
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は専用実施権者は、特許庁長官の裁定を請求することができる。
４ 第二項の協議が成立せず、又は協議をすることができない場合において、前項の裁
定の請求があつたときは、第十七条の他人は、第七項において準用する特許法第八十
四条の規定によりその者が答弁書を提出すべき期間として特許庁長官が指定した期間
内に限り、特許庁長官の裁定を請求することができる。
５ 特許庁長官は、第三項又は前項の場合において、当該通常実施権を設定することが
第十七条の他人又は実用新案権者若しくは専用実施権者の利益を不当に害することと
なるときは、当該通常実施権を設定すべき旨の裁定をすることができない。
６ 特許庁長官は、前項に規定する場合のほか、第四項の場合において、第三項の裁定
の請求について通常実施権を設定すべき旨の裁定をしないときは、当該通常実施権を
設定すべき旨の裁定をすることができない。
７ 特許法第八十四条、第八十四条の二、第八十五条第一項及び第八十六条から第九十
一条の二まで（裁定の手続等）の規定は、第三項又は第四項の裁定に準用する。
（公共の利益のための通常実施権の設定の裁定）
第二十三条 登録実用新案の実施が公共の利益のため特に必要であるときは、その登録
実用新案の実施をしようとする者は、実用新案権者又は専用実施権者に対し通常実施
権の許諾について協議を求めることができる。
２ 前項の協議が成立せず、又は協議をすることができないときは、その登録実用新案
の実施をしようとする者は、経済産業大臣の裁定を請求することができる。
３ 特許法第八十四条、第八十四条の二、第八十五条第一項及び第八十六条から第九十
一条の二まで（裁定の手続等）の規定は、前項の裁定に準用する。
（通常実施権の移転等）
第二十四条 通常実施権は、第二十一条第二項、第二十二条第三項若しくは第四項若し
くは前条第二項、特許法第九十二条第三項又は意匠法第三十三条第三項の裁定による
通常実施権を除き、実施の事業とともにする場合、実用新案権者（専用実施権につい
ての通常実施権にあつては、実用新案権者及び専用実施権者）の承諾を得た場合及び
相続その他の一般承継の場合に限り、移転することができる。
２ 通常実施権者は、第二十一条第二項、第二十二条第三項若しくは第四項若しくは前
条第二項、特許法第九十二条第三項又は意匠法第三十三条第三項の裁定による通常実
施権を除き、実用新案権者（専用実施権についての通常実施権にあつては、実用新案
権者及び専用実施権者）の承諾を得た場合に限り、その通常実施権について質権を設
定することができる。
３ 第二十一条第二項又は前条第二項の裁定による通常実施権は、実施の事業とともに
する場合に限り、移転することができる。
４ 第二十二条第三項、特許法第九十二条第三項又は意匠法第三十三条第三項の裁定に
よる通常実施権は、その通常実施権者の当該実用新案権、特許権又は意匠権が実施の
事業とともに移転したときはこれらに従つて移転し、その実用新案権、特許権又は意
匠権が実施の事業と分離して移転したとき、又は消滅したときは消滅する。
５ 第二十二条第四項の裁定による通常実施権は、その通常実施権者の当該実用新案権、
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特許権又は意匠権に従つて移転し、その実用新案権、特許権又は意匠権が消滅したと
きは消滅する。
（質権）
第二十五条 実用新案権、専用実施権又は通常実施権を目的として質権を設定したとき
は、質権者は、契約で別段の定をした場合を除き、当該登録実用新案の実施をするこ
とができない。
２ 特許法第九十六条（物上代位）の規定は、実用新案権、専用実施権又は通常実施権
を目的とする質権に準用する。
３ 特許法第九十八条第一項第三号及び第二項（登録の効果）の規定は、実用新案権又
は専用実施権を目的とする質権に準用する。
（特許法の準用）
第二十六条 特許法第六十九条第一項及び第二項、第七十条から第七十一条の二まで
（特許権の効力が及ばない範囲及び特許発明の技術的範囲）、第七十三条（共有）、
第七十六条（相続人がない場合の特許権の消滅）、第七十九条（先使用による通常実
施権）、第七十九条の二（特許権の移転の登録前の実施による通常実施権）、第八十
一条、第八十二条（意匠権の存続期間満了後の通常実施権）、第九十七条第一項（放
棄）並びに第九十八条第一項第一号及び第二項（登録の効果）の規定は、実用新案権
に準用する。
第二節 権利侵害
（差止請求権）
第二十七条 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者は、自己の実用新案権又は専用実施権を侵
害する者又は侵害するおそれがある者（以下「侵害者等」という。）に対し、その侵
害の停止又は予防を請求することができる。
２ 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者は、前項の規定による請求をするに際し、侵害の行
為を組成した物（プログラム等（特許法第二条第四項に規定するプログラム等をいう。
次条において同じ。）を含む。以下同じ。）の廃棄、侵害の行為に供した設備の除却
その他の侵害の予防に必要な行為を請求することができる。
（侵害とみなす行為）
第二十八条 次に掲げる行為は、当該実用新案権又は専用実施権を侵害するものとみな
す。
一 業として、登録実用新案に係る物品の製造にのみ用いる物の生産、譲渡等（譲渡
及び貸渡しをいい、その物がプログラム等である場合には、電気通信回線を通じた
提供を含む。以下同じ。）若しくは輸入又は譲渡等の申出（譲渡等のための展示を
含む。以下同じ。）をする行為
二 登録実用新案に係る物品の製造に用いる物（日本国内において広く一般に流通し
ているものを除く。）であつてその考案による課題の解決に不可欠なものにつき、
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その考案が登録実用新案であること及びその物がその考案の実施に用いられること
を知りながら、業として、その生産、譲渡等若しくは輸入又は譲渡等の申出をする
行為
三 登録実用新案に係る物品を業としての譲渡、貸渡し又は輸出のために所持する行
為
（損害の額の推定等）
第二十九条 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者が故意又は過失により自己の実用新案権又
は専用実施権を侵害した者に対しその侵害により自己が受けた損害の賠償を請求する
場合において、その者がその侵害の行為を組成した物品を譲渡したときは、その譲渡
した物品の数量（以下この項において「譲渡数量」という。）に、実用新案権者又は
専用実施権者がその侵害の行為がなければ販売することができた物品の単位数量当た
りの利益の額を乗じて得た額を、実用新案権者又は専用実施権者の実施の能力に応じ
た額を超えない限度において、実用新案権者又は専用実施権者が受けた損害の額とす
ることができる。ただし、譲渡数量の全部又は一部に相当する数量を実用新案権者又
は専用実施権者が販売することができないとする事情があるときは、当該事情に相当
する数量に応じた額を控除するものとする。
２ 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者が故意又は過失により自己の実用新案権又は専用実
施権を侵害した者に対しその侵害により自己が受けた損害の賠償を請求する場合にお
いて、その者がその侵害の行為により利益を受けているときは、その利益の額は、実
用新案権者又は専用実施権者が受けた損害の額と推定する。
３ 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者は、故意又は過失により自己の実用新案権又は専用
実施権を侵害した者に対し、その登録実用新案の実施に対し受けるべき金銭の額に相
当する額の金銭を、自己が受けた損害の額としてその賠償を請求することができる。
４ 前項の規定は、同項に規定する金額を超える損害の賠償の請求を妨げない。この場
合において、実用新案権又は専用実施権を侵害した者に故意又は重大な過失がなかつ
たときは、裁判所は、損害の賠償の額を定めるについて、これを参酌することができ
る。
（実用新案技術評価書の提示）
第二十九条の二 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者は、その登録実用新案に係る実用新案
技術評価書を提示して警告をした後でなければ、自己の実用新案権又は専用実施権の
侵害者等に対し、その権利を行使することができない。
（実用新案権者等の責任）
第二十九条の三 実用新案権者又は専用実施権者が侵害者等に対しその権利を行使し、
又はその警告をした場合において、実用新案登録を無効にすべき旨の審決（第三十七
条第一項第六号に掲げる理由によるものを除く。）が確定したときは、その者は、そ
の権利の行使又はその警告により相手方に与えた損害を賠償する責めに任ずる。ただ
し、実用新案技術評価書の実用新案技術評価（当該実用新案登録出願に係る考案又は
登録実用新案が第三条第一項第三号及び第二項（同号に掲げる考案に係るものに限
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る。）、第三条の二並びに第七条第一項から第三項まで及び第六項の規定により実用
新案登録をすることができない旨の評価を受けたものを除く。）に基づきその権利を
行使し、又はその警告をしたとき、その他相当の注意をもつてその権利を行使し、又
はその警告をしたときは、この限りでない。
２ 前項の規定は、実用新案登録出願の願書に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範
囲又は図面についてした第十四条の二第一項又は第七項の訂正により実用新案権の設
定の登録の際における実用新案登録請求の範囲に記載された考案の範囲に含まれない
こととなつた考案についてその権利を行使し、又はその警告をした場合に準用する。
（特許法の準用）
第三十条 特許法第百四条の二から第百六条まで（具体的態様の明示義務、特許権者等
の権利行使の制限、主張の制限、書類の提出等、損害計算のための鑑定、相当な損害
額の認定、秘密保持命令、秘密保持命令の取消し、訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求の通知等、
当事者尋問等の公開停止及び信用回復の措置）の規定は、実用新案権又は専用実施権
の侵害に準用する。この場合において、同法第百四条の四中「次に掲げる決定又は審
決が確定した」とあるのは「第一号に掲げる審決が確定した又は第三号に掲げる訂正
があつた」と、「当該決定又は審決が確定した」とあるのは「当該審決が確定した又
は訂正があつた」と、同条第三号中「訂正をすべき旨の決定又は審決」とあるのは
「実用新案法第十四条の二第一項又は第七項の訂正」と読み替えるものとする。
第三節 登録料
（登録料）
第三十一条 実用新案権の設定の登録を受ける者又は実用新案権者は、登録料として、
実用新案権の設定の登録の日から第十五条に規定する存続期間の満了の日までの各年
について、一件ごとに、次の表の上欄に掲げる区分に従い同表の下欄に掲げる金額を
納付しなければならない。
各年の区分 金額
第一年から第三年まで 毎年二千百円に一請求項につき百円を
加えた額
第四年から第六年まで 毎年六千百円に一請求項につき三百円
を加えた額
第七年から第十年まで 毎年一万八千百円に一請求項につき九
百円を加えた額
２ 前項の規定は、国に属する実用新案権には、適用しない。
３ 第一項の登録料は、実用新案権が国又は第三十二条の二の規定若しくは他の法令の
規定による登録料の軽減若しくは免除（以下この項において「減免」という。）を受
ける者を含む者の共有に係る場合であつて持分の定めがあるときは、第一項の規定に
かかわらず、国以外の各共有者ごとに同項に規定する登録料の金額（減免を受ける者
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にあつては、その減免後の金額）にその持分の割合を乗じて得た額を合算して得た額
とし、国以外の者がその額を納付しなければならない。
４ 前項の規定により算定した登録料の金額に十円未満の端数があるときは、その端数
は、切り捨てる。
５ 第一項の登録料の納付は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、特許印紙をもつて
しなければならない。ただし、経済産業省令で定める場合には、経済産業省令で定め
るところにより、現金をもつて納めることができる。
（登録料の納付期限）
第三十二条 前条第一項の規定による第一年から第三年までの各年分の登録料は、実用
新案登録出願と同時に（第十条第一項若しくは第二項の規定による出願の変更又は第
十一条第一項において準用する特許法第四十四条第一項の規定による出願の分割があ
つた場合にあつては、その出願の変更又は出願の分割と同時に）一時に納付しなけれ
ばならない。
２ 前条第一項の規定による第四年以後の各年分の登録料は、前年以前に納付しなけれ
ばならない。
３ 特許庁長官は、登録料を納付すべき者の請求により、三十日以内を限り、第一項に
規定する期間を延長することができる。
４ 登録料を納付する者がその責めに帰することができない理由により前項の規定によ
り延長された期間内にその登録料を納付することができないときは、第一項及び前項
の規定にかかわらず、その理由がなくなつた日から十四日（在外者にあつては、二
月）以内でその期間の経過後六月以内にその登録料を納付することができる。
（登録料の減免又は猶予）
第三十二条の二 特許庁長官は、第三十一条第一項の規定による第一年から第三年まで
の各年分の登録料を納付すべき者がその実用新案登録出願に係る考案の考案者又はそ
の相続人である場合において貧困により登録料を納付する資力がないと認めるときは、
政令で定めるところにより、登録料を軽減し若しくは免除し、又はその納付を猶予す
ることができる。
（登録料の追納）
第三十三条 実用新案権者は、第三十二条第二項に規定する期間又は前条の規定による
納付の猶予後の期間内に登録料を納付することができないときは、その期間が経過し
た後であつても、その期間の経過後六月以内にその登録料を追納することができる。
２ 前項の規定により登録料を追納する実用新案権者は、第三十一条第一項の規定によ
り納付すべき登録料のほか、その登録料と同額の割増登録料を納付しなければならな
い。
３ 前項の割増登録料の納付は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、特許印紙をもつ
てしなければならない。ただし、経済産業省令で定める場合には、経済産業省令で定
めるところにより、現金をもつて納めることができる。
４ 実用新案権者が第一項の規定により登録料を追納することができる期間内に第三十
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一条第一項の規定による第四年以後の各年分の登録料及び第二項の割増登録料を納付
しないときは、その実用新案権は、第三十二条第二項に規定する期間の経過の時にさ
かのぼつて消滅したものとみなす。
５ 実用新案権者が第一項の規定により登録料を追納することができる期間内に前条の
規定により納付が猶予された登録料及び第二項の割増登録料を納付しないときは、そ
の実用新案権は、初めから存在しなかつたものとみなす。
（登録料の追納による実用新案権の回復）
第三十三条の二 前条第四項の規定により消滅したものとみなされた実用新案権又は同
条第五項の規定により初めから存在しなかつたものとみなされた実用新案権の原実用
新案権者は、同条第一項の規定により登録料を追納することができる期間内に同条第
四項又は第五項に規定する登録料及び割増登録料を納付することができなかつたこと
について正当な理由があるときは、その理由がなくなつた日から二月以内でその期間
の経過後一年以内に限り、その登録料及び割増登録料を追納することができる。
２ 前項の規定による登録料及び割増登録料の追納があつたときは、その実用新案権は、
第三十二条第二項に規定する期間の経過の時にさかのぼつて存続していたもの又は初
めから存在していたものとみなす。
（回復した実用新案権の効力の制限）
第三十三条の三 前条第二項の規定により実用新案権が回復したときは、その実用新案
権の効力は、第三十三条第一項の規定により登録料を追納することができる期間の経
過後実用新案権の回復の登録前に輸入し、又は日本国内において製造し、若しくは取
得した当該登録実用新案に係る物品には、及ばない。
２ 前条第二項の規定により回復した実用新案権の効力は、第三十三条第一項の規定に
より登録料を追納することができる期間の経過後実用新案権の回復の登録前における
次に掲げる行為には、及ばない。
一 当該考案の実施
二 当該登録実用新案に係る物品の製造に用いる物の生産、譲渡等若しくは輸入又は
譲渡等の申出をした行為
三 当該登録実用新案に係る物品を譲渡、貸渡し又は輸出のために所持した行為
（既納の登録料の返還）
第三十四条 既納の登録料は、次に掲げるものに限り、納付した者の請求により返還す
る。
一 過誤納の登録料
二 実用新案登録出願を却下すべき旨の処分が確定した場合の登録料
三 実用新案登録を無効にすべき旨の審決が確定した年の翌年以後の各年分の登録料
四 実用新案権の存続期間の満了の日の属する年の翌年以後の各年分の登録料
２ 前項の規定による登録料の返還は、同項第一号の登録料については納付した日から
一年、同項第二号又は第三号の登録料についてはそれぞれ処分又は審決が確定した日
から六月、同項第四号の登録料については実用新案権の設定の登録があつた日から一
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年を経過した後は、請求することができない。
３ 第一項の規定による登録料の返還を請求する者がその責めに帰することができない
理由により前項に規定する期間内にその請求をすることができないときは、同項の規
定にかかわらず、その理由がなくなつた日から十四日（在外者にあつては、二月）以
内でその期間の経過後六月以内にその請求をすることができる。
第三十五条 削除
（特許法の準用）
第三十六条 特許法第百十条（特許料を納付すべき者以外の者による特許料の納付）の
規定は、登録料について準用する。
第五章 審判
（実用新案登録無効審判）
第三十七条 実用新案登録が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その実用新案登録
を無効にすることについて実用新案登録無効審判を請求することができる。この場合
において、二以上の請求項に係るものについては、請求項ごとに請求することができ
る。
一 その実用新案登録が第二条の二第二項に規定する要件を満たしていない補正をし
た実用新案登録出願に対してされたとき。
二 その実用新案登録が第二条の五第三項において準用する特許法第二十五条、第三
条、第三条の二、第四条、第七条第一項から第三項まで若しくは第六項又は第十一
条第一項において準用する同法第三十八条の規定に違反してされたとき（その実用
新案登録が第十一条第一項において準用する同法第三十八条の規定に違反してされ
た場合にあつては、第十七条の二第一項の規定による請求に基づき、その実用新案
登録に係る実用新案権の移転の登録があつたときを除く。）。
三 その実用新案登録が条約に違反してされたとき。
四 その実用新案登録が第五条第四項又は第六項（第四号を除く。）に規定する要件
を満たしていない実用新案登録出願に対してされたとき。
五 その実用新案登録がその考案について実用新案登録を受ける権利を有しない者の
実用新案登録出願に対してされたとき（第十七条の二第一項の規定による請求に基
づき、その実用新案登録に係る実用新案権の移転の登録があつたときを除く。）。
六 実用新案登録がされた後において、その実用新案権者が第二条の五第三項におい
て準用する特許法第二十五条の規定により実用新案権を享有することができない者
になつたとき、又はその実用新案登録が条約に違反することとなつたとき。
七 その実用新案登録の願書に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面の
訂正が第十四条の二第二項から第四項までの規定に違反してされたとき。
２ 実用新案登録無効審判は、何人も請求することができる。ただし、実用新案登録が
前項第二号に該当すること（その実用新案登録が第十一条第一項において準用する特
許法第三十八条の規定に違反してされたときに限る。）又は前項第五号に該当するこ
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とを理由とするものは、当該実用新案登録に係る考案について実用新案登録を受ける
権利を有する者に限り請求することができる。
３ 実用新案登録無効審判は、実用新案権の消滅後においても、請求することができる。
４ 審判長は、実用新案登録無効審判の請求があつたときは、その旨を当該実用新案権
についての専用実施権者その他その実用新案登録に関し登録した権利を有する者に通
知しなければならない。
（審判請求の方式）
第三十八条 審判を請求する者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した請求書を特許庁長官に提
出しなければならない。
一 当事者及び代理人の氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所
二 審判事件の表示
三 請求の趣旨及びその理由
２ 前項第三号に掲げる請求の理由は、実用新案登録を無効にする根拠となる事実を具
体的に特定し、かつ、立証を要する事実ごとに証拠との関係を記載したものでなけれ
ばならない。
（審判請求書の補正）
第三十八条の二 前条第一項の規定により提出した請求書の補正は、その要旨を変更す
るものであつてはならない。ただし、次項の規定による審判長の許可があつたときは、
この限りでない。
２ 審判長は、前条第一項第三号に掲げる請求の理由の補正がその要旨を変更するもの
である場合において、当該補正が審理を不当に遅延させるおそれがないことが明らか
なものであり、かつ、次の各号のいずれかに該当する事由があると認めるときは、決
定をもつて、当該補正を許可することができる。
一 第十四条の二第一項の訂正があり、その訂正により請求の理由を補正する必要が
生じたこと。
二 前号に掲げるもののほか当該補正に係る請求の理由を審判請求時の請求書に記載
しなかつたことにつき合理的な理由があり、被請求人が当該補正に同意したこと。
３ 前項の補正の許可は、その補正に係る手続補正書が次条第一項の規定による請求書
の副本の送達の前に提出されたときは、これをすることができない。
４ 第二項の決定又はその不作為に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
（答弁書の提出等）
第三十九条 審判長は、審判の請求があつたときは、請求書の副本を被請求人に送達し、
相当の期間を指定して、答弁書を提出する機会を与えなければならない。
２ 審判長は、前条第二項の規定により請求書の補正を許可するときは、その補正に係
る手続補正書の副本を被請求人に送達し、相当の期間を指定して、答弁書を提出する
機会を与えなければならない。ただし、被請求人に答弁書を提出する機会を与える必
要がないと認められる特別の事情があるときは、この限りでない。
３ 審判長は、第一項若しくは前項本文の答弁書を受理したとき、又は実用新案登録無
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効審判が特許庁に係属している場合において第十四条の二第一項若しくは第七項の訂
正があつたときは、その副本を請求人に送達しなければならない。
４ 審判長は、審判に関し、当事者及び参加人を審尋することができる。
５ 審判長は、実用新案登録無効審判の請求があつた場合において、その請求後にその
実用新案登録に基づいて特許法第四十六条の二第一項の規定による特許出願がされた
ときは、その旨を請求人及び参加人に通知しなければならない。
（審判の請求の取下げ）
第三十九条の二 審判の請求は、審決が確定するまでは、取り下げることができる。
２ 審判の請求は、前条第一項の答弁書の提出があつた後は、相手方の承諾を得なけれ
ば、取り下げることができない。
３ 審判の請求人が前条第五項の規定による通知を受けたときは、前項の規定にかかわ
らず、その通知を受けた日から三十日以内に限り、その審判の請求を取り下げること
ができる。
４ 特許法第四条の規定は、前項に規定する期間に準用する。この場合において、同条
中「特許庁長官」とあるのは、「審判長」と読み替えるものとする。
５ 審判の請求人がその責めに帰することができない理由により第三項に規定する期間
内にその請求を取り下げることができないときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、その理
由がなくなつた日から十四日（在外者にあつては、二月）以内でその期間の経過後六
月以内にその請求を取り下げることができる。
６ 二以上の請求項に係る実用新案登録の二以上の請求項について実用新案登録無効審
判を請求したときは、その請求は、請求項ごとに取り下げることができる。
（訴訟との関係）
第四十条 審判において必要があると認めるときは、他の審判の審決が確定し、又は訴
訟手続が完結するまでその手続を中止することができる。
２ 訴えの提起又は仮差押命令若しくは仮処分命令の申立てがあつた場合において、必
要があると認めるときは、裁判所は、審決が確定するまでその訴訟手続を中止するこ
とができる。
３ 裁判所は、実用新案権又は専用実施権の侵害に関する訴えの提起があつたときは、
その旨を特許庁長官に通知するものとする。その訴訟手続が完結したときも、また同
様とする。
４ 特許庁長官は、前項に規定する通知を受けたときは、その実用新案権についての審
判の請求の有無を裁判所に通知するものとする。その審判の請求書の却下の決定、審
決又は請求の取下げがあつたときも、また同様とする。
５ 裁判所は、前項の規定によりその実用新案権についての審判の請求があつた旨の通
知を受けた場合において、当該訴訟において第三十条において準用する特許法第百四
条の三第一項の規定による攻撃又は防御の方法を記載した書面がその通知前に既に提
出され、又はその通知後に最初に提出されたときは、その旨を特許庁長官に通知する
ものとする。
６ 特許庁長官は、前項に規定する通知を受けたときは、裁判所に対し、当該訴訟の訴
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訟記録のうちその審判において審判官が必要と認める書面の写しの送付を求めること
ができる。
（特許法の準用）
第四十一条 特許法第百二十五条、第百三十二条から第百三十三条の二まで、第百三十
五条から第百五十四条まで、第百五十六条第一項、第三項及び第四項、第百五十七条、
第百六十七条、第百六十七条の二、第百六十九条第一項、第二項、第五項及び第六項
並びに第百七十条の規定は、審判に準用する。この場合において、同法第百五十六条
第一項中「特許無効審判以外の審判においては、事件が」とあるのは、「事件が」と
読み替えるものとする。
第六章 再審及び訴訟
（再審の請求）
第四十二条 確定審決に対しては、当事者又は参加人は、再審を請求することができる。
２ 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三百三十八条第一項及び第二項並びに第三
百三十九条（再審の事由）の規定は、前項の再審の請求に準用する。
第四十三条 審判の請求人及び被請求人が共謀して第三者の権利又は利益を害する目的
をもつて審決をさせたときは、その第三者は、その確定審決に対し再審を請求するこ
とができる。
２ 前項の再審は、その請求人及び被請求人を共同被請求人として請求しなければなら
ない。
（再審により回復した実用新案権の効力の制限）
第四十四条 無効にした実用新案登録に係る実用新案権が再審により回復したときは、
実用新案権の効力は、当該審決が確定した後再審の請求の登録前に善意に輸入し、又
は日本国内において製造し、若しくは取得した当該登録実用新案に係る物品には、及
ばない。
２ 無効にした実用新案登録に係る実用新案権が再審により回復したときは、実用新案
権の効力は、当該審決が確定した後再審の請求の登録前における次に掲げる行為には、
及ばない。
一 当該考案の善意の実施
二 善意に、当該登録実用新案に係る物品の製造に用いる物の生産、譲渡等若しくは
輸入又は譲渡等の申出をした行為
三 善意に、当該登録実用新案に係る物品を譲渡、貸渡し又は輸出のために所持した
行為
（特許法の準用）
第四十五条 特許法第百七十三条（再審の請求期間）、第百七十四条第三項及び第五項
（審判の規定等の準用）並びに第百七十六条（再審の請求登録前の実施による通常実
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施権）の規定は、再審に準用する。この場合において、同法第百七十四条第三項中
「第百三十一条第一項、第百三十一条の二第一項本文」とあるのは「実用新案法第三
十八条第一項、同法第三十八条の二第一項本文」と、「第百三十四条第一項、第三項
及び第四項」とあるのは「同法第三十九条第一項、第三項及び第四項」と、「から第
百六十八条まで」とあるのは「、第百六十七条の二、同法第四十条」と読み替えるも
のとする。
２ 特許法第四条の規定は、前項において準用する同法第百七十三条第一項に規定する
期間に準用する。
第四十六条 削除
（審決等に対する訴え）
第四十七条 審決に対する訴え及び審判又は再審の請求書の却下の決定に対する訴えは、
東京高等裁判所の専属管轄とする。
２ 特許法第百七十八条第二項から第六項まで（出訴期間等）及び第百七十九条から第
百八十二条の二まで（被告適格、出訴の通知等、審決取消訴訟における特許庁長官の
意見、審決又は決定の取消し、裁判の正本等の送付及び合議体の構成）の規定は、前
項の訴えに準用する。
（対価の額についての訴え）
第四十八条 第二十一条第二項、第二十二条第三項若しくは第四項又は第二十三条第二
項の裁定を受けた者は、その裁定で定める対価の額について不服があるときは、訴え
を提起してその額の増減を求めることができる。
２ 特許法第百八十三条第二項（出訴期間）及び第百八十四条（被告適格）の規定は、
前項の訴えに準用する。
第四十八条の二 削除
第七章 特許協力条約に基づく国際出願に係る特例
（国際出願による実用新案登録出願）
第四十八条の三 千九百七十年六月十九日にワシントンで作成された特許協力条約（以
下この章において「条約」という。）第十一条（１）若しくは（２）（ｂ）又は第十
四条（２）の規定に基づく国際出願日が認められた国際出願であつて、条約第四条
（１）（ｉｉ）の指定国に日本国を含むもの（実用新案登録出願に係るものに限
る。）は、その国際出願日にされた実用新案登録出願とみなす。
２ 特許法第百八十四条の三第二項（国際出願による特許出願）の規定は、前項の規定
により実用新案登録出願とみなされた国際出願（以下「国際実用新案登録出願」とい
う。）に準用する。
（外国語でされた国際実用新案登録出願の翻訳文）
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第四十八条の四 外国語でされた国際実用新案登録出願（以下「外国語実用新案登録出
願」という。）の出願人は、条約第二条（ｘｉ）の優先日（以下「優先日」とい
う。）から二年六月（以下「国内書面提出期間」という。）以内に、前条第一項に規
定する国際出願日（以下「国際出願日」という。）における条約第三条（２）に規定
する明細書、請求の範囲、図面（図面の中の説明に限る。以下この条において同
じ。）及び要約の日本語による翻訳文を、特許庁長官に提出しなければならない。た
だし、国内書面提出期間の満了前二月から満了の日までの間に次条第一項に規定する
書面を提出した外国語実用新案登録出願（当該書面の提出の日以前に当該翻訳文を提
出したものを除く。）にあつては、当該書面の提出の日から二月（以下「翻訳文提出
特例期間」という。）以内に、当該翻訳文を提出することができる。
２ 前項の場合において、外国語実用新案登録出願の出願人が条約第十九条（１）の規
定に基づく補正をしたときは、同項に規定する請求の範囲の翻訳文に代えて、当該補
正後の請求の範囲の翻訳文を提出することができる。
３ 国内書面提出期間（第一項ただし書の外国語実用新案登録出願にあつては、翻訳文
提出特例期間。以下この条において同じ。）内に第一項に規定する明細書の翻訳文及
び前二項に規定する請求の範囲の翻訳文（以下「明細書等翻訳文」という。）の提出
がなかつたときは、その国際実用新案登録出願は、取り下げられたものとみなす。
４ 前項の規定により取り下げられたものとみなされた国際実用新案登録出願の出願人
は、国内書面提出期間内に当該明細書等翻訳文を提出することができなかつたことに
ついて正当な理由があるときは、その理由がなくなつた日から二月以内で国内書面提
出期間の経過後一年以内に限り、明細書等翻訳文並びに第一項に規定する図面及び要
約の翻訳文を特許庁長官に提出することができる。
５ 前項の規定により提出された翻訳文は、国内書面提出期間が満了する時に特許庁長
官に提出されたものとみなす。
６ 第一項に規定する請求の範囲の翻訳文を提出した出願人は、条約第十九条（１）の
規定に基づく補正をしたときは、国内書面提出期間が満了する時（国内書面提出期間
内に出願人が条約第二十三条（２）又は第四十条（２）の規定による請求（以下「国
内処理の請求」という。）をするときは、その国内処理の請求の時。以下「国内処理
基準時」という。）の属する日までに限り、当該補正後の請求の範囲の日本語による
翻訳文を更に提出することができる。
７ 特許法第百八十四条の七第三項本文の規定は、第二項又は前項に規定する翻訳文が
提出されなかつた場合に準用する。
（書面の提出及び補正命令等）
第四十八条の五 国際実用新案登録出願の出願人は、国内書面提出期間内に、次に掲げ
る事項を記載した書面を特許庁長官に提出しなければならない。
一 出願人の氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所
二 考案者の氏名及び住所又は居所
三 国際出願番号その他の経済産業省令で定める事項
２ 特許庁長官は、次に掲げる場合は、相当の期間を指定して、手続の補正をすべきこ
とを命ずることができる。
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一 前項の規定により提出すべき書面を、国内書面提出期間内に提出しないとき。
二 前項の規定による手続が第二条の五第二項において準用する特許法第七条第一項
から第三項まで又は第九条の規定に違反しているとき。
三 前項の規定による手続が経済産業省令で定める方式に違反しているとき。
四 前条第一項の規定により提出すべき要約の翻訳文を、国内書面提出期間（前条第
一項ただし書の外国語実用新案登録出願にあつては、翻訳文提出特例期間）内に提
出しないとき。
五 第三十二条第一項の規定により納付すべき登録料を国内書面提出期間内に納付し
ないとき。
六 第五十四条第二項の規定により納付すべき手数料を国内書面提出期間内に納付し
ないとき。
３ 特許法第百八十四条の五第三項の規定は、前項の規定による命令に基づく補正に準
用する。
４ 国際実用新案登録出願の出願人は、日本語でされた国際実用新案登録出願（以下
「日本語実用新案登録出願」という。）にあつては第一項、外国語実用新案登録出願
にあつては同項及び前条第一項の規定による手続をし、かつ、第三十二条第一項の規
定により納付すべき登録料及び第五十四条第二項の規定により納付すべき手数料を納
付した後でなければ、国内処理の請求をすることができない。
（国際出願に係る願書、明細書等の効力等）
第四十八条の六 国際実用新案登録出願に係る国際出願日における願書は、第五条第一
項の規定により提出した願書とみなす。
２ 日本語実用新案登録出願に係る国際出願日における明細書及び外国語実用新案登録
出願に係る国際出願日における明細書の翻訳文は、第五条第二項の規定により願書に
添付して提出した明細書と、日本語実用新案登録出願に係る国際出願日における請求
の範囲及び外国語実用新案登録出願に係る国際出願日における請求の範囲の翻訳文は
同項の規定により願書に添付して提出した実用新案登録請求の範囲と、日本語実用新
案登録出願に係る国際出願日における図面並びに外国語実用新案登録出願に係る国際
出願日における図面（図面の中の説明を除く。）及び図面の中の説明の翻訳文は同項
の規定により願書に添付して提出した図面と、日本語実用新案登録出願に係る要約及
び外国語実用新案登録出願に係る要約の翻訳文は同項の規定により願書に添付して提
出した要約書とみなす。
３ 第四十八条の四第二項又は第六項の規定により条約第十九条（１）の規定に基づく
補正後の請求の範囲の翻訳文が提出された場合は、前項の規定にかかわらず、当該補
正後の請求の範囲の翻訳文を第五条第二項の規定により願書に添付して提出した実用
新案登録請求の範囲とみなす。
（図面の提出）
第四十八条の七 国際実用新案登録出願の出願人は、国際出願が国際出願日において図
面を含んでいないものであるときは、国内処理基準時の属する日までに、図面を特許
庁長官に提出しなければならない。
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２ 特許庁長官は、国内処理基準時の属する日までに前項の規定による図面の提出がな
いときは、国際実用新案登録出願の出願人に対し、相当の期間を指定して、図面の提
出をすべきことを命ずることができる。
３ 特許庁長官は、前項の規定により図面の提出をすべきことを命じた者が同項の規定
により指定した期間内にその提出をしないときは、当該国際実用新案登録出願を却下
することができる。
４ 第一項の規定により又は第二項の規定による命令に基づいてされた図面の提出（図
面に添えて当該図面の簡単な説明を提出したときは、当該図面及び当該説明の提出）
は、第二条の二第一項の規定による手続の補正とみなす。この場合において、同項た
だし書の規定は、適用しない。
（補正の特例）
第四十八条の八 第四十八条の十五第一項において準用する特許法第百八十四条の七第
二項及び第百八十四条の八第二項の規定により第二条の二第一項の規定によるものと
みなされた補正については、同項ただし書の規定は、適用しない。
２ 国際実用新案登録出願についてする条約第二十八条（１）又は第四十一条（１）の
規定に基づく補正については、第二条の二第一項ただし書の規定は、適用しない。
３ 外国語実用新案登録出願に係る明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面について
補正ができる範囲については、第二条の二第二項中「願書に最初に添付した明細書、
実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面」とあるのは、「第四十八条の四第一項の国際出願
日における国際出願の明細書、請求の範囲又は図面」とする。
４ 特許法第百八十四条の十二第一項の規定は、国際実用新案登録出願についてする第
二条の二第一項本文又は条約第二十八条（１）若しくは第四十一条（１）の規定に基
づく補正に準用する。この場合において、同法第百八十四条の十二第一項中「第百九
十五条第二項」とあるのは「実用新案法第三十二条第一項の規定により納付すべき登
録料及び同法第五十四条第二項」と、「納付した後であつて国内処理基準時を経過し
た後」とあるのは「納付した後」と読み替えるものとする。
（実用新案登録要件の特例）
第四十八条の九 第三条の二に規定する他の実用新案登録出願又は特許出願が国際実用
新案登録出願又は特許法第百八十四条の三第二項の国際特許出願である場合における
第三条の二の規定の適用については、同条中「他の実用新案登録出願又は特許出願で
あつて」とあるのは「他の実用新案登録出願又は特許出願（第四十八条の四第三項又
は特許法第百八十四条の四第三項の規定により取り下げられたものとみなされた第四
十八条の四第一項の外国語実用新案登録出願又は同法第百八十四条の四第一項の外国
語特許出願を除く。）であつて」と、「発行又は」とあるのは「発行、」と、「若し
くは出願公開」とあるのは「若しくは出願公開又は千九百七十年六月十九日にワシン
トンで作成された特許協力条約第二十一条に規定する国際公開」と、「願書に最初に
添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲又は図面」とある
のは「第四十八条の四第一項又は同法第百八十四条の四第一項の国際出願日における
国際出願の明細書、請求の範囲又は図面」とする。
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（実用新案登録出願等に基づく優先権主張の特例）
第四十八条の十 国際実用新案登録出願については、第八条第一項ただし書及び第四項
並びに第九条第二項の規定は、適用しない。
２ 日本語実用新案登録出願についての第八条第三項の規定の適用については、同項中
「実用新案掲載公報の発行が」とあるのは、「実用新案掲載公報の発行又は千九百七
十年六月十九日にワシントンで作成された特許協力条約第二十一条に規定する国際公
開が」とする。
３ 外国語実用新案登録出願についての第八条第三項の規定の適用については、同項中
「実用新案登録出願の願書に最初に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図
面」とあるのは「第四十八条の四第一項の国際出願日における国際出願の明細書、請
求の範囲又は図面」と、「実用新案掲載公報の発行が」とあるのは「実用新案掲載公
報の発行又は千九百七十年六月十九日にワシントンで作成された特許協力条約第二十
一条に規定する国際公開が」とする。
４ 第八条第一項の先の出願が国際実用新案登録出願又は特許法第百八十四条の三第二
項の国際特許出願である場合における第八条第一項から第三項まで及び第九条第一項
の規定の適用については、第八条第一項及び第二項中「願書に最初に添付した明細書、
実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲又は図面」とあるのは「第四十八条
の四第一項又は特許法第百八十四条の四第一項の国際出願日における国際出願の明細
書、請求の範囲又は図面」と、同条第三項中「先の出願の願書に最初に添付した明細
書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲又は図面」とあるのは「先の出
願の第四十八条の四第一項又は特許法第百八十四条の四第一項の国際出願日における
国際出願の明細書、請求の範囲又は図面」と、「出願公開」とあるのは「千九百七十
年六月十九日にワシントンで作成された特許協力条約第二十一条に規定する国際公
開」と、第九条第一項中「その出願の日から経済産業省令で定める期間を経過した
時」とあるのは「第四十八条の四第六項若しくは特許法第百八十四条の四第六項の国
内処理基準時又は第四十八条の四第一項若しくは同法第百八十四条の四第一項の国際
出願日から経済産業省令で定める期間を経過した時のいずれか遅い時」とする。
（出願の変更の特例）
第四十八条の十一 特許法第百八十四条の三第一項又は第百八十四条の二十第四項の規
定により特許出願とみなされた国際出願の実用新案登録出願への変更については、同
法第百八十四条の六第二項の日本語特許出願にあつては同法第百八十四条の五第一項、
同法第百八十四条の四第一項の外国語特許出願にあつては同項又は同条第四項及び同
法第百八十四条の五第一項の規定による手続をし、かつ、同法第百九十五条第二項の
規定により納付すべき手数料を納付した後（同法第百八十四条の二十第四項の規定に
より特許出願とみなされた国際出願については、同項に規定する決定の後）でなけれ
ばすることができない。
（登録料の納付期限の特例）
第四十八条の十二 国際実用新案登録出願の第一年から第三年までの各年分の登録料の
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納付については、第三十二条第一項中「実用新案登録出願と同時」とあるのは、「第
四十八条の四第一項に規定する国内書面提出期間内（同条第六項に規定する国内処理
の請求をした場合にあつては、その国内処理の請求の時まで）」とする。
（実用新案技術評価の請求の時期の制限）
第四十八条の十三 国際実用新案登録出願に係る実用新案技術評価の請求については、
第十二条第一項中「何人も」とあるのは、「第四十八条の四第六項に規定する国内処
理基準時を経過した後、何人も」とする。
（訂正の特例）
第四十八条の十三の二 外国語実用新案登録出願に係る第十四条の二第一項の規定によ
る訂正については、同条第三項中「願書に最初に添付した明細書、実用新案登録請求
の範囲又は図面」とあるのは、「第四十八条の四第一項の国際出願日における国際出
願の明細書、請求の範囲又は図面」とする。
（無効理由の特例）
第四十八条の十四 外国語実用新案登録出願に係る実用新案登録無効審判については、
第三十七条第一項第一号中「その実用新案登録が第二条の二第二項に規定する要件を
満たしていない補正をした実用新案登録出願に対してされたとき」とあるのは、「第
四十八条の四第一項の外国語実用新案登録出願に係る実用新案登録の願書に添付した
明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は図面に記載した事項が同項の国際出願日におけ
る国際出願の明細書、請求の範囲又は図面に記載した事項の範囲内にないとき」とす
る。
（特許法の準用）
第四十八条の十五 特許法第百八十四条の七（日本語特許出願に係る条約第十九条に基
づく補正）及び第百八十四条の八第一項から第三項まで（条約第三十四条に基づく補
正）の規定は、国際実用新案登録出願の条約に基づく補正に準用する。この場合にお
いて、同法第百八十四条の七第二項及び第百八十四条の八第二項中「第十七条の二第
一項」とあるのは、「実用新案法第二条の二第一項」と読み替えるものとする。
２ 特許法第百八十四条の十一（在外者の特許管理人の特例）の規定は、国際実用新案
登録出願に関する手続に準用する。
３ 特許法第百八十四条の九第六項及び第百八十四条の十四の規定は、国際実用新案登
録出願に準用する。
（決定により実用新案登録出願とみなされる国際出願）
第四十八条の十六 条約第二条（ｖｉｉ）の国際出願の出願人は、条約第四条（１）
（ｉｉ）の指定国に日本国を含む国際出願（実用新案登録出願に係るものに限る。）
につき条約第二条（ｘｖ）の受理官庁により条約第二十五条（１）（ａ）に規定する
拒否若しくは同条（１）（ａ）若しくは（ｂ）に規定する宣言がされ、又は条約第二
条（ｘｉｘ）の国際事務局により条約第二十五条（１）（ａ）に規定する認定がされ
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たときは、経済産業省令で定める期間内に、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、特
許庁長官に同条（２）（ａ）に規定する決定をすべき旨の申出をすることができる。
２ 外国語でされた国際出願につき前項の申出をする者は、申出に際し、明細書、請求
の範囲、図面（図面の中の説明に限る。）、要約その他の経済産業省令で定める国際
出願に関する書類の日本語による翻訳文を特許庁長官に提出しなければならない。
３ 特許庁長官は、第一項の申出があつたときは、その申出に係る拒否、宣言又は認定
が条約及び特許協力条約に基づく規則の規定に照らして正当であるか否かの決定をし
なければならない。
４ 前項の規定により特許庁長官が同項の拒否、宣言又は認定が条約及び特許協力条約
に基づく規則の規定に照らして正当でない旨の決定をしたときは、その決定に係る国
際出願は、その国際出願につきその拒否、宣言又は認定がなかつたものとした場合に
おいて国際出願日となつたものと認められる日にされた実用新案登録出願とみなす。
５ 第四十八条の六第一項及び第二項、第四十八条の七、第四十八条の八第三項、第四
十八条の九、第四十八条の十第一項、第三項及び第四項、第四十八条の十二から第四
十八条の十四まで並びに特許法第百八十四条の三第二項、第百八十四条の九第六項、
第百八十四条の十二第一項及び第百八十四条の十四の規定は、前項の規定により実用
新案登録出願とみなされた国際出願に準用する。この場合において、これらの規定の
準用に関し必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
第八章 雑則
（実用新案原簿への登録）
第四十九条 次に掲げる事項は、特許庁に備える実用新案原簿に登録する。
一 実用新案権の設定、移転、信託による変更、消滅、回復又は処分の制限
二 専用実施権の設定、保存、移転、変更、消滅又は処分の制限
三 実用新案権又は専用実施権を目的とする質権の設定、移転、変更、消滅又は処分
の制限
２ 実用新案原簿は、その全部又は一部を磁気テープ（これに準ずる方法により一定の
事項を確実に記録して置くことができる物を含む。以下同じ。）をもつて調製するこ
とができる。
３ この法律に規定するもののほか、登録に関して必要な事項は、政令で定める。
（実用新案登録証の交付）
第五十条 特許庁長官は、実用新案権の設定の登録、第十四条の二第一項の訂正又は第
十七条の二第一項の規定による請求に基づく実用新案権の移転の登録があつたときは、
実用新案権者に対し、実用新案登録証を交付する。
２ 実用新案登録証の再交付については、経済産業省令で定める。
（二以上の請求項に係る実用新案登録又は実用新案権についての特則）
第五十条の二 二以上の請求項に係る実用新案登録又は実用新案権についての第十二条
第二項、第十四条の二第八項、第二十六条において準用する特許法第九十七条第一項
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若しくは第九十八条第一項第一号、第三十四条第一項第三号、第三十七条第三項、第
四十一条において準用する同法第百二十五条、第四十一条において、若しくは第四十
五条第一項において準用する同法第百七十四条第三項において、それぞれ準用する同
法第百三十二条第一項、第四十四条、第四十五条第一項において準用する同法第百七
十六条、第四十九条第一項第一号又は第五十三条第二項において準用する同法第百九
十三条第二項第五号の規定の適用については、請求項ごとに実用新案登録がされ、又
は実用新案権があるものとみなす。
（実用新案登録表示）
第五十一条 実用新案権者、専用実施権者又は通常実施権者は、経済産業省令で定める
ところにより、登録実用新案に係る物品又はその物品の包装にその物品が登録実用新
案に係る旨の表示（以下「実用新案登録表示」という。）を附するように努めなけれ
ばならない。
（虚偽表示の禁止）
第五十二条 何人も、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。
一 登録実用新案に係る物品以外の物品又はその物品の包装に実用新案登録表示又は
これと紛らわしい表示を附する行為
二 登録実用新案に係る物品以外の物品であつて、その物品又はその物品の包装に実
用新案登録表示又はこれと紛らわしい表示を附したものを譲渡し、貸し渡し、又は
譲渡若しくは貸渡のために展示する行為
三 登録実用新案に係る物品以外の物品を製造させ若しくは使用させるため、又は譲
渡し若しくは貸し渡すため、広告にその物品が登録実用新案に係る旨を表示し、又
はこれと紛らわしい表示をする行為
（実用新案公報）
第五十三条 特許庁は、実用新案公報を発行する。
２ 特許法第百九十三条第二項（第五号から第七号まで、第九号及び第十号に係る部分
に限る。）の規定は、実用新案公報に準用する。
（手数料）
第五十四条 次に掲げる者は、実費を勘案して政令で定める額の手数料を納付しなけれ
ばならない。
一 第二条の五第一項において準用する特許法第五条第一項の規定、第三十二条第三
項の規定若しくは第十四条の二第五項、第三十九条の二第四項、第四十五条第二項
若しくは次条第五項において準用する同法第四条の規定による期間の延長又は第二
条の五第一項において準用する同法第五条第二項の規定による期日の変更を請求す
る者
二 第十一条第二項において準用する特許法第三十四条第四項の規定により承継の届
出をする者
三 実用新案登録証の再交付を請求する者
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四 第五十五条第一項において準用する特許法第百八十六条第一項の規定により証明
を請求する者
五 第五十五条第一項において準用する特許法第百八十六条第一項の規定により書類
の謄本又は抄本の交付を請求する者
六 第五十五条第一項において準用する特許法第百八十六条第一項の規定により書類
の閲覧又は謄写を請求する者
七 第五十五条第一項において準用する特許法第百八十六条第一項の規定により実用
新案原簿のうち磁気テープをもつて調製した部分に記録されている事項を記載した
書類の交付を請求する者
２ 別表の中欄に掲げる者は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる金額の範囲内において政令
で定める額の手数料を納付しなければならない。
３ 前二項の規定は、これらの規定により手数料を納付すべき者が国であるときは、適
用しない。
４ 実用新案権又は実用新案登録を受ける権利が国と国以外の者との共有に係る場合で
あつて持分の定めがあるときは、国と国以外の者が自己の実用新案権又は実用新案登
録を受ける権利について第一項又は第二項の規定により納付すべき手数料（実用新案
技術評価の請求の手数料以外の政令で定める手数料に限る。）は、これらの規定にか
かわらず、これらの規定に規定する手数料の金額に国以外の者の持分の割合を乗じて
得た額とし、国以外の者がその額を納付しなければならない。
５ 実用新案権又は実用新案登録を受ける権利が国又は第八項の規定若しくは他の法令
の規定による実用新案技術評価の請求の手数料の軽減若しくは免除（以下この項にお
いて「減免」という。）を受ける者を含む者の共有に係る場合であつて持分の定めが
あるときは、これらの者が自己の実用新案権又は実用新案登録を受ける権利について
第二項の規定により納付すべき実用新案技術評価の請求の手数料は、同項の規定にか
かわらず、国以外の各共有者ごとに同項に規定する実用新案技術評価の請求の手数料
の金額（減免を受ける者にあつては、その減免後の金額）にその持分の割合を乗じて
得た額を合算して得た額とし、国以外の者がその額を納付しなければならない。
６ 前二項の規定により算定した手数料の金額に十円未満の端数があるときは、その端
数は、切り捨てる。
７ 第一項及び第二項の手数料の納付は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、特許印
紙をもつてしなければならない。ただし、経済産業省令で定める場合には、経済産業
省令で定めるところにより、現金をもつて納めることができる。
８ 特許庁長官は、自己の実用新案登録出願に係る考案又は登録実用新案について実用
新案技術評価の請求をする者がその実用新案登録出願に係る考案若しくは登録実用新
案の考案者又はその相続人である場合において、貧困により第二項の規定により納付
すべき実用新案技術評価の請求の手数料を納付する資力がないと認めるときは、政令
で定めるところにより、その手数料を軽減し、又は免除することができる。
（手数料の返還）
第五十四条の二 実用新案技術評価の請求があつた後に第十二条第七項の規定によりそ
の請求がされなかつたものとみなされたときは、その請求人が前条第二項の規定によ
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り納付した実用新案技術評価の請求の手数料は、その者に返還する。
２ 第三十九条の二第三項又は第五項に規定する期間（同条第三項に規定する期間が同
条第四項において準用する特許法第四条の規定により延長されたときは、その延長後
の期間）内に実用新案登録無効審判の請求が取り下げられたときは、その請求人が前
条第二項の規定により納付した審判の請求の手数料は、その者の請求により返還する。
３ 前項の規定による手数料の返還は、実用新案登録無効審判の請求が取り下げられた
日から六月を経過した後は、請求することができない。
４ 実用新案登録無効審判の参加人が第三十九条第五項の規定による通知を受けた日か
ら三十日以内にその参加の申請を取り下げたときは、その参加人が前条第二項の規定
により納付した参加の申請の手数料は、その者の請求により返還する。
５ 特許法第四条の規定は、前項に規定する期間に準用する。この場合において、同条
中「特許庁長官」とあるのは、「審判長」と読み替えるものとする。
６ 実用新案登録無効審判の参加人がその責めに帰することができない理由により第四
項に規定する期間内にその参加の申請を取り下げることができない場合において、そ
の理由がなくなつた日から十四日（在外者にあつては、二月）以内でその期間の経過
後六月以内にその申請を取り下げたときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、その参加人が
前条第二項の規定により納付した参加の申請の手数料は、その者の請求により返還す
る。
７ 第四項及び前項の規定による手数料の返還は、参加の申請が取り下げられた日から
六月を経過した後は、請求することができない。
８ 実用新案登録無効審判の参加人がその参加の申請を取り下げていない場合において、
第四項又は第六項に規定する期間（第四項に規定する期間が第五項において準用する
特許法第四条の規定により延長されたときは、その延長後の期間）内に実用新案登録
無効審判の請求が取り下げられたときは、その参加人が前条第二項の規定により納付
した参加の申請の手数料は、その者の請求により返還する。ただし、第四十一条にお
いて準用する同法第百四十八条第二項の規定により審判手続を続行したときは、この
限りでない。
９ 前項の規定による手数料の返還は、実用新案登録無効審判の請求が取り下げられた
日から一年を経過した後は、請求することができない。
１０ 過誤納の手数料は、納付した者の請求により返還する。
１１ 前項の規定による手数料の返還は、納付した日から一年を経過した後は、請求す
ることができない。
１２ 第二項、第四項若しくは第六項、第八項又は第十項の規定による手数料の返還を
請求する者がその責めに帰することができない理由により、第三項、第七項、第九項
又は前項に規定する期間内にその請求をすることができないときは、これらの規定に
かかわらず、その理由がなくなつた日から十四日（在外者にあつては、二月）以内で
これらの規定に規定する期間の経過後六月以内にその請求をすることができる。
（特許法の準用）
第五十五条 特許法第百八十六条（証明等の請求）の規定は、実用新案登録に準用する。
２ 特許法第百八十九条から第百九十二条まで（送達）の規定は、この法律の規定によ
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る送達に準用する。
３ 特許法第百九十四条の規定は、手続に準用する。この場合において、同条第二項中
「審査」とあるのは、「実用新案法第十二条第一項に規定する実用新案技術評価」と
読み替えるものとする。
４ 特許法第百九十五条の三の規定は、この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定によ
る処分に準用する。
５ 特許法第百九十五条の四（行政不服審査法の規定による審査請求の制限）の規定は、
この法律の規定による審決及び審判若しくは再審の請求書の却下の決定並びにこの法
律の規定により不服を申し立てることができないこととされている処分又はこれらの
不作為に準用する。
第九章 罰則
（侵害の罪）
第五十六条 実用新案権又は専用実施権を侵害した者は、五年以下の懲役若しくは五百
万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
（詐欺の行為の罪）
第五十七条 詐欺の行為により実用新案登録又は審決を受けた者は、一年以下の懲役又
は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
（虚偽表示の罪）
第五十八条 第五十二条の規定に違反した者は、一年以下の懲役又は百万円以下の罰金
に処する。
（偽証等の罪）
第五十九条 この法律の規定により宣誓した証人、鑑定人又は通訳人が特許庁又はその
嘱託を受けた裁判所に対し虚偽の陳述、鑑定又は通訳をしたときは、三月以上十年以
下の懲役に処する。
２ 前項の罪を犯した者が事件の判定の謄本が送達され、又は審決が確定する前に自白
したときは、その刑を減軽し、又は免除することができる。
（秘密を漏らした罪）
第六十条 特許庁の職員又はその職にあつた者がその職務に関して知得した実用新案登
録出願中の考案に関する秘密を漏らし、又は盗用したときは、一年以下の懲役又は五
十万円以下の罰金に処する。
（秘密保持命令違反の罪）
第六十条の二 第三十条において準用する特許法第百五条の四第一項の規定による命令
に違反した者は、五年以下の懲役若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併
科する。
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２ 前項の罪は、告訴がなければ公訴を提起することができない。
３ 第一項の罪は、日本国外において同項の罪を犯した者にも適用する。
（両罰規定）
第六十一条 法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、そ
の法人又は人の業務に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者
を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号で定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条
の罰金刑を科する。
一 第五十六条又は前条第一項 三億円以下の罰金刑
二 第五十七条又は第五十八条 三千万円以下の罰金刑
２ 前項の場合において、当該行為者に対してした前条第二項の告訴は、その法人又は
人に対しても効力を生じ、その法人又は人に対してした告訴は、当該行為者に対して
も効力を生ずるものとする。
３ 第一項の規定により第五十六条又は前条第一項の違反行為につき法人又は人に罰金
刑を科する場合における時効の期間は、これらの規定の罪についての時効の期間によ
る。
（過料）
第六十二条 第二十六条において準用する特許法第七十一条第三項において、第四十一
条において、又は第四十五条第一項において準用する同法第百七十四条第三項におい
て、それぞれ準用する同法第百五十一条において準用する民事訴訟法第二百七条第一
項の規定により宣誓した者が特許庁又はその嘱託を受けた裁判所に対し虚偽の陳述を
したときは、十万円以下の過料に処する。
第六十三条 この法律の規定により特許庁又はその嘱託を受けた裁判所から呼出しを受
けた者が、正当な理由がないのに出頭せず、又は宣誓、陳述、証言、鑑定若しくは通
訳を拒んだときは、十万円以下の過料に処する。
第六十四条 証拠調又は証拠保全に関し、この法律の規定により特許庁又はその嘱託を
受けた裁判所から書類その他の物件の提出又は提示を命じられた者が正当な理由がな
いのにその命令に従わなかつたときは、十万円以下の過料に処する。
附 則
この法律の施行期日は、別に法律で定める。
附 則 〔昭和三十七年五月十六日法律第百四十号〕〔抄〕
１ この法律は、昭和三十七年十月一日から施行する。
２ この法律による改正後の規定は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法
律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、この法律による改正前の規定によつ
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て生じた効力を妨げない。
３ この法律の施行の際現に係属している訴訟については、当該訴訟を提起することが
できない旨を定めるこの法律による改正後の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
４ この法律の施行の際現に係属している訴訟の管轄については、当該管轄を専属管轄
とする旨のこの法律による改正後の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
５ この法律の施行の際現にこの法律による改正前の規定による出訴期間が進行してい
る処分又は裁決に関する訴訟の出訴期間については、なお従前の例による。ただし、
この法律による改正後の規定による出訴期間がこの法律による改正前の規定による出
訴期間より短い場合に限る。
６ この法律の施行前にされた処分又は裁決に関する当事者訴訟で、この法律による改
正により出訴期間が定められることとなつたものについての出訴期間は、この法律の
施行の日から起算する。
７ この法律の施行の際現に係属している処分又は裁決の取消しの訴えについては、当
該法律関係の当事者の一方を被告とする旨のこの法律による改正後の規定にかかわら
ず、なお従前の例による。ただし、裁判所は、原告の申立てにより、決定をもつて、
当該訴訟を当事者訴訟に変更することを許すことができる。
８ 前項ただし書の場合には、行政事件訴訟法第十八条後段及び第二十一条第二項から
第五項までの規定を準用する。
附 則 〔昭和三十七年九月十五日法律第百六十一号〕〔抄〕
１ この法律は、昭和三十七年十月一日から施行する。
２ この法律による改正後の規定は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法
律の施行前にされた行政庁の処分、この法律の施行前にされた申請に係る行政庁の不
作為その他この法律の施行前に生じた事項についても適用する。ただし、この法律に
よる改正前の規定によつて生じた効力を妨げない。
３ この法律の施行前に提起された訴願、審査の請求、異議の申立てその他の不服申立
て（以下「訴願等」という。）については、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例によ
る。この法律の施行前にされた訴願等の裁決、決定その他の処分（以下「裁決等」と
いう。）又はこの法律の施行前に提起された訴願等につきこの法律の施行後にされる
裁決等にさらに不服がある場合の訴願等についても、同様とする。
４ 前項に規定する訴願等で、この法律の施行後は行政不服審査法による不服申立てを
することができることとなる処分に係るものは、同法以外の法律の適用については、
行政不服審査法による不服申立てとみなす。
５ 第三項の規定によりこの法律の施行後にされる審査の請求、異議の申立てその他の
不服申立ての裁決等については、行政不服審査法による不服申立てをすることができ
ない。
６ この法律の施行前にされた行政庁の処分で、この法律による改正前の規定により訴
願等をすることができるものとされ、かつ、その提起期間が定められていなかつたも
のについて、行政不服審査法による不服申立てをすることができる期間は、この法律
の施行の日から起算する。
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８ この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
９ 前八項に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要な経過措置は、政令で定
める。
附 則 〔昭和三十九年七月四日法律第百四十八号〕
この法律は、公布の日から起算して九月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日か
ら施行する。
附 則 〔昭和四十年五月二十四日法律第八十一号〕〔抄〕
この法律は、千九百年十二月十四日にブラッセルで、千九百十一年六月二日にワシン
トンで、千九百二十五年十一月六日にヘーグで、千九百三十四年六月二日にロンドンで、
及び千九百五十八年十月三十一日にリスボンで改正された工業所有権の保護に関する千
八百八十三年三月二十日のパリ条約への加入の効力発生の日から施行する
附 則 〔昭和四十五年五月二十二日法律第九十一号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、昭和四十六年一月一日から施行する。
（改正前の特許法の適用）
第二条 この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している特許出願については、別段の定
めがある場合を除き、その特許出願について査定又は審決が確定するまでは、なお従
前の例による。
（特許料）
第三条 この法律の施行前にすでに納付し、又は納付すべきであつた特許料については、
改正後の特許法（以下「新特許法」という。）第百七条第一項の規定にかかわらず、
なお従前の例による。
（特許の無効の理由）
第四条 この法律の施行前にした特許出願に係る特許の無効の理由については、新特許
法第二十九条の二及び第百二十三条第一項第一号の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例
による。
（特許出願の手数料）
第五条 新特許法第百九十五条第一項の規定は、この法律の施行後に納付すべき手数料
について適用する。ただし、この法律の施行前にした特許出願についての同法別表第
四号の手数料については、この限りでない。
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（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第六条 附則第二条から前条までの規定は、第二条の規定による実用新案法の改正に伴
う経過措置に関して準用する。
（政令への委任）
第九条 前各条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で
定める。
附 則 〔昭和四十六年六月一日法律第九十六号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日等）
１ この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
附 則 〔昭和五十年六月二十五日法律第四十六号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、昭和五十一年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる
規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
一 第一条の規定中特許法第百七条第一項の表の改正規定及び同法別表の改正規定、
第二条の規定中実用新案法第三十一条第一項の改正規定及び同法別表の改正規定、
第三条の規定中意匠法第四十二条第一項及び第二項の改正規定並びに同法別表の改
正規定、第四条の規定中商標法第四十条第一項及び第二項の改正規定並びに同法別
表の改正規定並びに次条第二項、附則第三条第二項及び第四条の規定 公布の日
二 第一条の規定中特許法第十七条第一項ただし書の改正規定（「及び第六十四条」
を「、第十七条の三及び第六十四条」に改める部分を除く。）、第二条の規定中実
用新案法第十三条の二第一項の改正規定、第四条の規定中商標法第四条第一項第二
号及び第九条第一項の改正規定並びに第五条の規定 千九百年十二月十四日にブラ
ッセルで、千九百十一年六月二日にワシントンで、千九百二十五年十一月六日にヘ
ーグで、千九百三十四年六月二日にロンドンで、千九百五十八年十月三十一日にリ
スボンで及び千九百六十七年七月十四日にストックホルムで改正された工業所有権
の保護に関する千八百八十三年三月二十日のパリ条約第二十条（２）（Ｃ）の規定
による同条約第一条から第十二条までの規定の効力の発生の日
（特許法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第二条 この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している特許出願については、改正後の
特許法第百九十五条第一項の規定により納付すべき手数料を除き、その特許出願につ
いて査定又は審決が確定するまでは、なお従前の例による。
２ 前条ただし書第一号に定める日前に既に納付し、又は納付すべきであつた特許料に
ついては、改正後の特許法第百七条第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
３ この法律の施行前にした特許出願に係る特許の無効の理由については、なお従前の
例による。
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（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 前条第一項の規定はこの法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している実用新案登
録出願に、前条第三項の規定はこの法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に係る実用
新案登録の無効の理由に準用する。
２ 前条第二項の規定は、附則第一条ただし書第一号に定める日前に既に納付し、又は
納付すべきであつた登録料に準用する。
附 則 〔昭和五十三年四月二十四日法律第二十七号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
１ この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、第一条中不動産の鑑定評価に関する
法律第十一条第一項の改正規定、第二条、第三条、第五条及び第六条の規定、第十九
条中特許法第百七条第一項の改正規定、第二十条中実用新案法第三十一条第一項の改
正規定、第二十一条中意匠法第四十二条第一項及び第二項の改正規定、第二十二条中
商標法第四十条第一項及び第二項の改正規定、第二十八条中通訳案内業法第五条第二
項の改正規定並びに第二十九条及び第三十条の規定は、昭和五十三年五月一日から施
行する。
（経過措置）
２ 次に掲げる受験手数料等については、なお従前の例による。
一から三まで 略
四 実用新案法第三十一条第一項の改正規定の施行前に納付し、又は納付すべきであ
つた登録料
附 則 〔昭和五十三年四月二十六日法律第三十号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、条約が日本国について効力を生ずる日から施行する。ただし、第
三章の規定は条約第十六条（３）（ｂ）に規定する取決めが特許庁について効力を生
ずる日から、第四章及び次条の規定は条約第三十二条（３）において準用する条約第
十六条（３）（ｂ）に規定する取決めが特許庁について効力を生ずる日から施行する。
附 則 〔昭和五十六年五月十九日法律第四十五号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
１ この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、第一条中不動産の鑑定評価に関する
法律第十一条第一項の改正規定、第二条、第五条及び第六条の規定、第十九条中特許
法第百七条第一項の改正規定、第二十条中実用新案法第三十一条第一項の改正規定、
第二十一条中意匠法第四十二条第一項及び第二項の改正規定、第二十二条中商標法第
四十条第一項及び第二項の改正規定、第二十九条中通訳案内業法第五条第二項の改正
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規定並びに第三十条の規定は、昭和五十六年六月一日から施行する。
（経過措置）
２ 次に掲げる受験手数料等については、なお従前の例による。
一から三まで 略
四 実用新案法第三十一条第一項の改正規定の施行前に納付し、又は納付すべきであ
つた登録料
附 則 〔昭和五十九年五月一日法律第二十三号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
１ この法律は、公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日から施行する。ただし、第
二十四条から第二十七条まで並びに附則第三項及び第四項の規定は、昭和五十九年八
月一日から施行する。
（経過措置）
２ 次に掲げる受験手数料等については、なお従前の例による。
一及び二 略
三 実用新案法第三十一条第一項の改正規定の施行前に納付し、又は納付すべきであ
つた登録料
附 則 〔昭和五十九年五月一日法律第二十四号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、昭和五十九年七月一日から施行する。
（特許印紙による納付の開始に伴う経過措置）
第八条 附則第三条から前条までの規定による改正後の特許法、実用新案法、意匠法、
商標法又は特許協力条約に基づく国際出願等に関する法律の規定にかかわらず、この
法律の施行の日から二週間以内に特許料、割増特許料、手数料、登録料又は割増登録
料を納付するときは、収入印紙又は特許印紙をもつてすることができる。
附 則 〔昭和六十年五月二十八日法律第四十一号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。
（経過措置）
第三条 特許出願又は実用新案登録出願の願書に添付した明細書又は図面についてのこ
の法律の施行前にした補正（出願公告をすべき旨の決定の謄本の送達前にしたものに
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限る。）であつて、当該願書に添付した明細書又は図面の要旨を変更するものである
として決定をもつて却下されたものについては、この法律による改正前の特許法及び
実用新案法の規定は、この法律の施行後も、なおその効力を有する。
第四条 この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例に
よる。
（政令への委任）
第五条 前三条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で
定める。
附 則 〔昭和六十二年五月二十五日法律第二十七号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、昭和六十三年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる
規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
一 第一条、第三条、第五条の規定中意匠法第十五条第一項に後段を加える改正規定、
同法第四十二条第一項及び第二項の改正規定、同法第四十九条の改正規定並びに同
法別表の改正規定、第六条の規定中商標法第十三条第一項に後段を加える改正規定、
同法第四十条第一項及び第二項の改正規定並びに同法別表の改正規定並びに次条、
附則第四条、第六条、第七条、第八条及び第十一条の規定 昭和六十二年六月一日
二 第二条の規定中特許法第百八十四条の四第一項から第四項までの改正規定、同法
第百八十四条の五第一項並びに第二項第一号及び第四号の改正規定、同法第百八十
四条の六第二項の改正規定、同法第百八十四条の七第一項の改正規定、同法第百八
十四条の八の改正規定、同法第百八十四条の九第一項の改正規定、同法第百八十四
条の十の二第一項及び第二項の改正規定、同法第百八十四条の十一第一項の改正規
定、同法第百八十四条の十一の二の改正規定、同法第百八十四条の十一の三第四項
の改正規定、同法第百八十四条の十二の改正規定、同法第百八十四条の十三の改正
規定並びに同法第百八十四条の十六第五項の改正規定、第四条の規定中実用新案法
第四十八条の四第一項から第四項までの改正規定、同法第四十八条の五第一項並び
に第二項第一号及び第四号の改正規定、同法第四十八条の六第二項の改正規定、同
法第四十八条の七第一項及び第二項の改正規定、同法第四十八条の八第一項の改正
規定、同法第四十八条の八の二第四項の改正規定、同法第四十八条の九の改正規定、
同法第四十八条の十の改正規定並びに同法第四十八条の十四第五項の改正規定並び
に第五条の規定中意匠法第十三条の二第一項及び第二項の改正規定 千九百七十年
六月十九日にワシントンで作成された特許協力条約第六十四条（６）（ｂ）の規定
による同条（２）（ａ）の宣言の撤回の効力の発生の日
（第三条の規定による実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第四条 附則第一条ただし書第一号に定める日前に既に納付した登録料又は同日前に納
付すべきであつた登録料であつて実用新案法第三十四条において準用する特許法第百
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九条の規定によりその納付が猶予されたもの（その猶予期間内に納付するものに限
る。）については、第三条の規定による改正後の実用新案法第三十一条第一項の規定
にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
２ 附則第一条ただし書第一号に定める日前に設定の登録をした実用新案権に係る実用
新案法第三十七条第一項の審判については、第三条の規定による改正前の実用新案法
第三十八条の規定は、同日以後も、なおその効力を有する。
（第四条の規定による実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第五条 第四条の規定による改正後の実用新案法（以下この条において「新実用新案
法」という。）第五条第四項及び第五項、第六条、第十一条第三号、第三十七条第一
項各号列記以外の部分及び第三号、第四十一条、第五十条の二並びに第五十四条第三
項の規定は、この法律の施行後にした実用新案登録出願について適用し、この法律の
施行前にした実用新案登録出願については、なお従前の例による。
２ この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に係る登録料の納付についての新実用新
案法第三十一条第一項の規定の適用については、同項の表に掲げる登録料の金額は、
次の表に掲げる金額とする。
各年の区分 金額
第一年から第三年まで 毎年二千百円に一請求項につき百円を
加えた額
第四年から第六年まで 毎年六千百円に一請求項につき三百円
を加えた額
第七年から第十年まで 毎年一万八千百円に一請求項につき九
百円を加えた額
３ この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に係る手数料の納付についての新実用新
案法第五十四条第二項の規定の適用については、別表第四号中「三万千円に一請求項
につき千円を加えた額」とあるのは「三万二千円」と、同表第九号中「三万九千六百
円に一請求項につき四千四百円」とあるのは「四万四千円」とする。
（政令への委任）
第十一条 附則第二条から第六条まで及び第八条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行
に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成二年六月十三日法律第三十号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。ただし、第九条、第十四条、第十五条第二項、第十六条（第十五
条第一項及び第三項の準用に係る部分を除く。）、第十七条から第十九条まで、第二
十一条、第二十二条、第二十四条から第二十九条まで、第三十条（第三号を除く。）、
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第三十二条、第三十四条、第三十六条、第三十七条、第三十九条（第二十三条、第三
十条第三号、第三十一条及び第三十五条の準用に係る部分を除く。）、第四十一条、
第四十二条、第四十四条第二号及び附則第九条の規定並びに附則第三条中印紙をもつ
てする歳入金納付に関する法律（昭和二十三年法律第百四十二号）第二条第二項の改
正規定は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から
施行する。
（政令への委任）
第九条 この法律の施行の日前において電子情報処理組織を整備する場合の手続その他
この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成五年四月二十三日法律第二十六号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。ただし、第一条の規定中特許法第百七条第一項の表の改正規定及
び同法別表の改正規定（同表第六号中「（請求公告に係る異議の申立てを含む。）」
を削る部分及び同表第十二号を同表第十三号とし、同表第十一号の次に一号を加える
部分を除く。）、第二条の規定、第四条の規定中意匠法第四十二条第一項及び第二項
の改正規定並びに同法別表の改正規定、第五条の規定中商標法第四十条第一項及び第
二項の改正規定並びに同法別表の改正規定、次条第三項並びに附則第三条、第六条か
ら第十条まで及び第十七条の規定は、平成五年七月一日から施行する。
（第二条の規定による実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 附則第一条ただし書に規定する日前に第二条の規定による改正前の実用新案法
第三十一条第一項の規定により既に納付した登録料又は同日前に同項の規定により納
付すべきであった登録料であって同法第三十四条において準用する旧特許法第百九条
の規定によりその納付が猶予されたもの（その猶予期間内に納付するものに限る。）
については、第二条の規定による改正後の実用新案法第三十一条第一項の規定にかか
わらず、なお従前の例による。
（第三条の規定による実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第四条 この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している実用新案登録出願（次条第一項
に規定する旧実用新案登録出願を除く。）又はこの法律の施行前にした実用新案登録
出願に係る実用新案登録、実用新案権、審判若しくは再審については、第三条の規定
による改正前の実用新案法（以下「旧実用新案法」という。）、附則第十一条の規定
による改正前の弁理士法（大正十年法律第百号）、附則第十二条の規定による改正前
の輸出品デザイン法（昭和三十四年法律第百六号）、旧特許法、第四条の規定による
改正前の意匠法及び附則第十五条の規定による改正前の工業所有権に関する手続等の
特例に関する法律（平成二年法律第三十号。以下この項において「旧特例法」とい
う。）の規定は、この法律の施行後も、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、
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旧実用新案法第五十四条第五項並びに旧特例法第六条第三項、第七条第一項及び第八
条第一項中「通商産業省令」とあるのは、「経済産業省令」とする。
２ 前項の場合において、特許法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十三年法律第六十三
号。以下「平成二十三年改正法」という。）の施行後に請求される旧実用新案法第三
十七条第一項、第三十九条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判については、前
項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧実用新案法の次の表の上欄に掲
げる規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替え
るものとするほか、同項の規定の適用に関し必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
第七条の
二第二項
並びに第三十九条第三項 並びに第三十九条第七項（第四十
条の二第九項において準用する場
合を含む。）
第三十七
条
第三十七条 実用新案登録が次の
各号の一に該当するときは、その
実用新案登録を無効にすることに
ついて審判を請求することができ
る。この場合において、二以上の
請求項に係るものについては、請
求項ごとに請求することができ
る。
第三十七条 実用新案登録が次の
各号のいずれかに該当するとき
は、その実用新案登録を無効にす
ることについて審判を請求するこ
とができる。この場合において、
二以上の請求項に係るものについ
ては、請求項ごとに請求すること
ができる。
一 その実用新案登録が第三条、
第三条の二、第四条、第七条第一
項から第三項まで若しくは第八
項、第九条第一項において準用す
る特許法第三十八条又は第五十五
条第三項において準用する特許法
第二十五条の規定に違反してされ
たとき。
一 その実用新案登録が第三条、
第三条の二、第四条、第七条第一
項から第三項まで若しくは第八
項、第九条第一項において準用す
る特許法第三十八条又は第五十五
条第三項において準用する特許法
第二十五条の規定に違反してされ
たとき。
二 その実用新案登録が条約に違
反してされたとき。
二 その実用新案登録が条約に違
反してされたとき。
二の二 その実用新案登録の願書
に添付した明細書又は図面の訂正
が第三十九条第一項ただし書若し
くは第五項から第七項まで（第四
十条の二第九項において準用する
場合を含む。）又は第四十条の二
第一項ただし書の規定に違反して
されたとき。
三 その実用新案登録が第五条第
四項又は第五項（第三号を除
く。）及び第六項に規定する要件
を満たしていない実用新案登録出
願に対してされたとき。
三 その実用新案登録が第五条第
四項又は第五項（第三号を除
く。）及び第六項に規定する要件
を満たしていない実用新案登録出
願に対してされたとき。
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四 その実用新案登録が考案者で
ない者であつてその考案について
実用新案登録を受ける権利を承継
しないものの実用新案登録出願に
対してされたとき。
四 その実用新案登録が考案者で
ない者であつてその考案について
実用新案登録を受ける権利を承継
しないものの実用新案登録出願に
対してされたとき。
五 実用新案登録がされた後にお
いて、その実用新案権者が第五十
五条第三項において準用する特許
法第二十五条の規定により実用新
案権を享有することができない者
になつたとき、又はその実用新案
登録が条約に違反することとなつ
たとき。
五 実用新案登録がされた後にお
いて、その実用新案権者が第五十
五条第三項において準用する特許
法第二十五条の規定により実用新
案権を享有することができない者
になつたとき、又はその実用新案
登録が条約に違反することとなつ
たとき。
２ 前項の審判は、実用新案権の
消滅後においても、請求すること
ができる。
２ 前項の審判は、何人も請求す
ることができる。ただし、実用新
案登録が同項第一号に該当するこ
と（その実用新案登録が第九条第
一項において準用する特許法第三
十八条の規定に違反してされたと
きに限る。）又は前項第四号に該
当することを理由とするものは、
利害関係人に限り請求することが
できる。
３ 審判長は、第一項の審判の請
求があつたときは、その旨を当該
実用新案権についての専用実施権
者その他その実用新案登録に関し
登録した権利を有する者に通知し
なければならない。
３ 第一項の審判は、実用新案権
の消滅後においても、請求するこ
とができる。
４ 審判長は、第一項の審判の請
求があつたときは、その旨を当該
実用新案権についての専用実施権
者その他その実用新案登録に関し
登録した権利を有する者に通知し
なければならない。
第三十九
条から第
四十一条
まで
第三十九条 実用新案権者は、次
に掲げる事項を目的とする場合に
限り、願書に添附した明細書又は
図面の訂正をすることについて審
判を請求することができる。
第三十九条 実用新案権者は、願
書に添付した明細書又は図面の訂
正をすることについて審判を請求
することができる。ただし、その
訂正は、次に掲げる事項を目的と
するものに限る。
一 実用新案登録請求の範囲の減
縮
一 実用新案登録請求の範囲の減
縮
二 誤記の訂正 二 誤記の訂正
三 明瞭でない記載の釈明 三 明瞭でない記載の釈明
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四 他の請求項の記載を引用する
請求項の記載を当該他の請求項の
記載を引用しないものとするこ
と。
２ 前項の明細書又は図面の訂正
は、実質上実用新案登録請求の範
囲を拡張し、又は変更するもので
あつてはならない。
２ 前項の審判は、第三十七条第
一項の審判が特許庁に係属した時
からその審決（請求項ごとに請求
がされた場合にあつては、その全
ての審決）が確定するまでの間
は、請求することができない。
３ 第一項第一号の場合は、訂正
後における実用新案登録請求の範
囲に記載されている事項により構
成される考案が実用新案登録出願
の際独立して実用新案登録を受け
ることができるものでなければな
らない。
３ 二以上の請求項に係る願書に
添付した明細書のうち第五条第三
項第四号に掲げる事項の訂正をす
る場合には、請求項ごとに第一項
の規定による請求をすることがで
きる。この場合において、当該請
求項の中に一の請求項の記載を他
の請求項が引用する関係その他経
済産業省令で定める関係を有する
一群の請求項（以下「一群の請求
項」という。）があるときは、当
該一群の請求項ごとに当該請求を
しなければならない。
４ 第一項の審判は、実用新案権
の消滅後においても、請求するこ
とができる。ただし、第三十七条
第一項の審判により無効にされた
後は、この限りでない。
４ 願書に添付した明細書のうち
第五条第三項第一号から第三号ま
でに掲げる事項又は図面の訂正を
する場合であつて、請求項ごとに
第一項の規定による請求をしよう
とするときは、当該明細書又は図
面の訂正に係る請求項の全て（前
項後段の規定により一群の請求項
ごとに第一項の規定による請求を
する場合にあつては、当該明細書
又は図面の訂正に係る請求項を含
む一群の請求項の全て）について
行わなければならない。
５ 第一項の明細書又は図面の訂
正は、願書に添付した明細書又は
図面に記載した事項の範囲内にお
いてしなければならない。
６ 第一項の明細書又は図面の訂
正は、実質上実用新案登録請求の
範囲を拡張し、又は変更するもの
であつてはならない。
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７ 第一項ただし書第一号に掲げ
る事項を目的とする訂正は、訂正
後における実用新案登録請求の範
囲に記載されている事項により構
成される考案が実用新案登録出願
の際独立して実用新案登録を受け
ることができるものでなければな
らない。
８ 第一項の審判は、実用新案権
の消滅後においても、請求するこ
とができる。ただし、第三十七条
第一項の審判により無効にされた
後は、この限りでない。
（訂正の無効の審判） （答弁書の提出等）
第四十条 願書に添附した明細書
又は図面の訂正が前条第一項から
第三項までの規定に違反している
ときは、その訂正を無効にするこ
とについて審判を請求することが
できる。
第四十条 審判長は、審判の請求
があつたときは、請求書の副本を
被請求人に送達し、相当の期間を
指定して、答弁書を提出する機会
を与えなければならない。
２ 第三十七条第二項及び第三項
の規定は、前項の審判の請求に準
用する。
２ 審判長は、第四十一条におい
て準用する特許法等の一部を改正
する法律（平成二十三年法律第六
十三号）第一条の規定による改正
後の特許法（以下「平成二十三年
改正特許法」という。）第百三十
一条の二第二項の規定により請求
書の補正を許可するときは、その
補正に係る手続補正書の副本を被
請求人に送達し、相当の期間を指
定して、答弁書を提出する機会を
与えなければならない。ただし、
被請求人に答弁書を提出する機会
を与える必要がないと認められる
特別の事情があるときは、この限
りでない。
３ 審判長は、第一項又は前項本
文の答弁書を受理したときは、そ
の副本を請求人に送達しなければ
ならない。
４ 審判長は、審判に関し、当事
者及び参加人を審尋することがで
きる。
（訂正の請求）
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第四十条の二 第三十七条第一項
又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審
判の被請求人は、前条第一項若し
くは第二項、次条又は第四十一条
において準用する特許法第百五十
三条第二項若しくは平成二十三年
改正特許法第百六十四条の二第二
項の規定により指定された期間内
に限り、願書に添付した明細書又
は図面の訂正を請求することがで
きる。ただし、その訂正は、次に
掲げる事項を目的とするものに限
る。
一 実用新案登録請求の範囲の減
縮
二 誤記の訂正
三 明瞭でない記載の釈明
四 他の請求項の記載を引用する
請求項の記載を当該他の請求項の
記載を引用しないものとするこ
と。
２ 二以上の請求項に係る願書に
添付した明細書のうち第五条第三
項第四号に掲げる事項の訂正をす
る場合には、請求項ごとに前項の
訂正の請求をすることができる。
ただし、第三十七条第一項又は第
四十八条の十二第一項の審判が請
求項ごとに請求された場合にあつ
ては、請求項ごとに前項の訂正の
請求をしなければならない。
３ 前項の場合において、当該請
求項の中に一群の請求項があると
きは、当該一群の請求項ごとに当
該請求をしなければならない。
４ 審判長は、第一項の訂正の請
求書及びこれに添付された訂正し
た明細書又は図面を受理したとき
は、これらの副本を請求人に送達
しなければならない。
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５ 審判官は、第一項の訂正の請
求が同項ただし書各号に掲げる事
項を目的とせず、又は第九項にお
いて読み替えて準用する第三十九
条第五項から第七項までの規定に
適合しないことについて、当事者
又は参加人が申し立てない理由に
ついても、審理することができ
る。この場合において、当該理由
により訂正の請求を認めないとき
は、審判長は、審理の結果を当事
者及び参加人に通知し、相当の期
間を指定して、意見を申し立てる
機会を与えなければならない。
６ 第一項の訂正の請求がされた
場合において、その審判事件にお
いて先にした訂正の請求があると
きは、当該先の請求は、取り下げ
られたものとみなす。
７ 第一項の訂正の請求は、同項
の訂正の請求書に添付された訂正
した明細書又は図面について第五
十五条第二項において読み替えて
準用する特許法第十七条第一項の
補正をすることができる期間内に
限り、取り下げることができる。
この場合において、第一項の訂正
の請求を第二項又は第三項の規定
により請求項ごとに又は一群の請
求項ごとにしたときは、その全て
の請求を取り下げなければならな
い。
８ 第四十一条において準用する
平成二十三年改正特許法第百五十
五条第三項の規定により第三十七
条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第
一項の審判の請求が請求項ごとに
取り下げられたときは、第一項の
訂正の請求は、当該請求項ごとに
取り下げられたものとみなし、第
三十七条第一項又は第四十八条の
十二第一項の審判の審判事件に係
る全ての請求が取り下げられたと
きは、当該審判事件に係る第一項
の訂正の請求は、全て取り下げら
れたものとみなす。
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９ 第三十九条第四項から第八項
まで、特許法第百二十七条、第百
二十八条並びに第百三十二条第三
項及び第四項並びに平成二十三年
改正特許法第百三十一条第一項、
第三項及び第四項、第百三十一条
の二第一項並びに第百三十三条第
一項、第三項及び第四項の規定
は、第一項の場合に準用する。こ
の場合において、第三十九条第七
項中「第一項ただし書第一号」と
あるのは、「第三十七条第一項又
は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判
の請求がされていない請求項に係
る第一項ただし書第一号」と読み
替えるものとする。
（取消しの判決があつた場合にお
ける訂正の請求）
第四十条の三 審判長は、第三十
七条第一項又は第四十八条の十二
第一項の審判の審決（審判の請求
に理由がないとするものに限
る。）に対する第四十七条第二項
において準用する平成二十三年改
正特許法第百八十一条第一項の規
定による取消しの判決が確定し、
同条第二項の規定により審理を開
始するときは、その判決の確定の
日から一週間以内に被請求人から
申立てがあつた場合に限り、被請
求人に対し、願書に添付した明細
書又は図面の訂正を請求するため
の相当の期間を指定することがで
きる。
（特許法の準用） （特許法の準用）
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第四十一条 特許法第百二十五
条、第百二十七条、第百二十八
条、第百三十条から第百七十条ま
で（審決の効果、審判の請求、審
判官、審判の手続、訴訟との関係
及び審判における費用）の規定
は、審判に準用する。
第四十一条 特許法第百二十五
条、第百二十七条、第百二十八
条、第百三十二条、第百三十五条
から第百五十四条まで、第百五十
七条から第百六十三条まで、第百
六十四条第一項、第百六十六条及
び第百六十八条から第百七十条ま
で並びに平成二十三年改正特許法
第百三十一条、第百三十一条の
二、第百三十三条、第百五十五
条、第百五十六条、第百六十四条
の二、第百六十七条及び第百六十
七条の二（審決の効果、審判の請
求、審判官、審判の手続、訴訟と
の関係及び審判における費用）の
規定は、審判に準用する。
第四十五
条
、第百七十四条（審判の規定等の
準用）及び第百七十六条（再審の
請求登録前の実施による通常実施
権）
及び第百七十六条（再審の請求登
録前の実施による通常実施権）並
びに平成二十三年改正特許法第百
七十四条（審判の規定等の準用）
第四十七
条第一項
審判又は再審の請求書 審判若しくは再審の請求書又は第
四十条の二第一項の訂正の請求書
第四十七
条第二項
特許法第百七十八条第二項から第
六項まで（出訴期間等）及び第百
七十九条から第百八十二条まで
（被告適格、出訴の通知、審決又
は決定の取消及び裁判の正本の送
付）
特許法第百七十九条（被告適格）
並びに平成二十三年改正特許法第
百七十八条第二項から第六項まで
（出訴期間等）並びに第百八十
条、第百八十一条及び第百八十二
条（出訴の通知等、審決又は決定
の取消し及び裁判の正本等の送
付）
第四十八
条の十二
第二項
第三十九条第四項中「第三十七条
第一項」とあるのは、「第三十七
条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第
一項」とする
第三十九条第二項及び第八項中
「第三十七条第一項」とあるの
は、「第三十七条第一項又は第四
十八条の十二第一項」とする
第四十八
条の十二
第三項
第三十七条第二項及び第三項の規
定並びに特許法第百八十四条の十
五第二項及び第四項（国際特許出
願固有の理由に基づく特許の無効
の審判）
第三十七条第一項後段、第三項及
び第四項の規定並びに特許法第百
八十四条の十五第四項
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第五十条
の二
第三十七条第二項（第四十条第二
項及び第四十八条の十二第三項に
おいて準用する場合を含む。）、
第三十九条第四項、第四十一条に
おいて準用する特許法第百二十五
条
第三十七条第三項（第四十八条の
十二第三項において準用する場合
を含む。）、第三十九条第八項
（第四十条の二第九項において準
用する場合を含む。）、第四十条
の二第九項及び第四十一条におい
て準用する特許法第百二十八条、
第四十一条において準用する特許
法第百二十五条
第五十五
条第二項
準用する。 準用する。この場合において、同
法第十七条第一項ただし書中「及
び請求公告をすべき旨の決定の謄
本の送達があつた後」とあるのは
「、実用新案法第三十七条第一項
又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審
判において同法第四十条第一項の
規定により指定された期間が経過
した後（同条第二項、同法第四十
条の二第五項、同法第四十条の三
又は同法第四十一条において準用
する特許法第百五十三条第二項若
しくは平成二十三年改正特許法第
百六十四条の二第二項の規定によ
り期間が指定された場合にあつて
は、当該期間が経過した後）及び
実用新案法第三十九条第一項の審
判において同法第四十一条におい
て準用する平成二十三年改正特許
法第百五十六条第一項の規定によ
る通知があつた後（同条第三項の
規定による審理の再開がされた場
合にあつては、その後更に同条第
一項の規定による通知があつた
後）」と、「審判」とあるのは
「審判若しくは実用新案法第四十
条の二第一項の訂正」と読み替え
るものとする。
第五十五
条第六項
特許法第百九十五条の三（行政不
服審査法による不服申立ての制
限）の規定は、この法律の規定に
よる補正の却下の決定、査定、審
決及び審判又は再審の請求書の却
下の決定
平成二十三年改正特許法第百九十
五条の四（行政不服審査法による
不服申立ての制限）の規定は、こ
の法律の規定による補正の却下の
決定、査定、審決及び審判若しく
は再審の請求書又は第四十条の二
第一項の訂正の請求書の却下の決
定
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別表第五
号
登録異議の申立て（請求公告に係
る異議の申立てを含む。）をする
者
登録異議の申立てをする者
別表第九
号
審判又は再審を請求する者 審判、再審又は明細書若しくは図
面の訂正を請求する者
３ 平成十五年改正法の施行前にされた平成十五年改正法附則第十四条の規定による改
正前の特許法等の一部を改正する法律（平成六年法律第百十六号。以下「平成六年改
正法」という。）附則第九条第二項において準用する平成六年改正法第二条の規定に
よる改正後の特許法（以下「平成六年改正特許法」という。）第百十三条の登録異議
の申立て（以下単に「登録異議の申立て」という。）の決定が確定していない場合に
おける平成十五年改正法の施行後に訂正をする実用新案登録に係る前項において読み
替えられた旧実用新案法第三十九条第二項の規定の適用については、同項中「第三十
七条第一項の審判が」とあるのは「特許法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十五年法律
第四十七号）附則第十四条の規定による改正前の特許法等の一部を改正する法律（平
成六年法律第百十六号。以下「平成六年改正法」という。）附則第九条第二項におい
て準用する平成六年改正法第二条の規定による改正後の特許法（以下「平成六年改正
特許法」という。）第百十三条の登録異議の申立て（以下単に「登録異議の申立て」
という。）又は第三十七条第一項の審判が」と、「その審決」とあるのは「その決定
又は審決」と、「同項の審判の審決に対する」とあるのは「登録異議の申立てについ
ての平成六年改正法附則第九条第二項において準用する平成六年改正特許法第百十四
条第二項の取消決定（以下単に「取消決定」という。）又は第三十七条第一項の審判
の審決に対する」と、「審決の取消しの判決」とあるのは「取消決定又は審決の取消
しの判決」とする。
４ 平成十五年改正法の施行前に請求された登録異議の申立て又は旧実用新案法第三十
七条第一項若しくは第四十八条の十二第一項の審判に係る平成六年改正法附則第九条
第二項において準用する平成六年改正特許法第百十四条第二項の取消決定又は審決に
対する訴えが、平成十五年改正法の施行の際現に裁判所に係属している場合において、
平成十五年改正法の施行後当該訴えについての判決が確定するまでの間において訂正
をする実用新案登録に係る第二項において読み替えられた旧実用新案法第三十九条第
二項の規定の適用については、前項の規定にかかわらず、第二項において読み替えら
れた旧実用新案法第三十九条第二項中「第三十七条第一項の審判が特許庁に係属した
ときからその審決が確定するまでの間は」とあるのは「特許法等の一部を改正する法
律（平成十五年法律第四十七号）附則第十四条の規定による改正前の特許法等の一部
を改正する法律（平成六年法律第百十六号）附則第九条第二項において準用する同法
第二条の規定による改正後の特許法第百十三条の登録異議の申立て又は第三十七条第
一項若しくは第四十八条の十二第一項の審判が特許庁に係属している場合は」とし、
同項ただし書の規定は、適用しない。
第五条 実用新案登録出願人は、この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している実用新
案登録出願（その実用新案登録出願の日から五年六月を経過したものを除く。）であ
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って、第三条の規定による改正後の実用新案法（以下「新実用新案法」という。）の
規定の適用を受けるものとして、通商産業省令で定めるところにより、特許庁長官に
届け出たもの（以下「旧実用新案登録出願」という。）を新実用新案法の規定の適用
を受ける実用新案登録出願（以下「新実用新案登録出願」という。）とすることがで
きる。
２ 前項の場合において、新実用新案登録出願は、旧実用新案登録出願の時にしたもの
とみなす。この場合において、新実用新案法第二条の二第一項ただし書中「実用新案
登録出願の日」とあるのは「特許法等の一部を改正する法律（平成五年法律第二十六
号）附則第五条第一項の規定による届出（以下「変更届出」という。）の日」と、新
実用新案法第三十二条第一項中「実用新案登録出願と同時に」とあるのは「変更届出
と同時に」とする。
３ 第一項の規定による届出があったときは、旧実用新案登録出願は、取り下げたもの
とみなす。
４ 旧実用新案法第四十八条の三第一項又は第四十八条の十四第四項の規定により実用
新案登録出願とみなされた国際出願に係る第一項の規定による届出については、旧実
用新案法第四十八条の六第二項の日本語実用新案登録出願にあっては旧実用新案法第
四十八条の五第一項、旧実用新案法第四十八条の四第一項の外国語実用新案登録出願
にあっては同項及び旧実用新案法第四十八条の五第一項の規定による手続をし、かつ、
旧実用新案法第五十四条第二項の規定により納付すべき手数料を納付した後（旧実用
新案法第四十八条の十四第四項の規定により実用新案登録出願とみなされた国際出願
については、同項に規定する決定の後）でなければすることができない。
５ 特許出願人又は意匠登録出願人は、この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している
特許出願又は意匠登録出願（その特許出願又は意匠登録出願の日から五年六月を経過
したものを除く。）であって、新実用新案法の規定の適用を受けるものとして、通商
産業省令で定めるところにより、特許庁長官に届け出たものを新実用新案法の規定の
適用を受ける新実用新案登録出願に変更することができる。
６ 第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。
（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
第十六条 この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例
による。
（政令への委任）
第十七条 附則第二条から第六条まで、第八条、第十条及び前条に定めるもののほか、
この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成五年十一月十二日法律第八十九号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）の施行の日から施行する。
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（諮問等がされた不利益処分に関する経過措置）
第二条 この法律の施行前に法令に基づき審議会その他の合議制の機関に対し行政手続
法第十三条に規定する聴聞又は弁明の機会の付与の手続その他の意見陳述のための手
続に相当する手続を執るべきことの諮問その他の求めがされた場合においては、当該
諮問その他の求めに係る不利益処分の手続に関しては、この法律による改正後の関係
法律の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
（罰則に関する経過措置）
第十三条 この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例
による。
（聴聞に関する規定の整理に伴う経過措置）
第十四条 この法律の施行前に法律の規定により行われた聴聞、聴問若しくは聴聞会
（不利益処分に係るものを除く。）又はこれらのための手続は、この法律による改正
後の関係法律の相当規定により行われたものとみなす。
（政令への委任）
第十五条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要
な経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成六年十二月十四日法律第百十六号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、平成七年七月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定
は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
二 第二条の規定、第三条中実用新案法第三条の二第一項の改正規定（「出願公告」
を「特許法第六十六条第三項の規定により同項各号に掲げる事項を掲載した特許公
報の発行」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第十条第五項及び第六項、第十四条第四
項並びに第三十九条第三項の改正規定、同法第四十五条の改正規定（同条に一項を
加える部分を除く。）、同法第五十条の二の改正規定（「第百七十四条第二項」を
「第百七十四条第三項」に、「第百九十三条第二項第五号」を「第百九十三条第二
項第四号」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第五十三条第二項の改正規定並びに同法
第六十二条の改正規定（「第百七十四条第二項」を「第百七十四条第三項」に改め
る部分に限る。）、第四条中意匠法第十三条第三項、第十九条、第五十八条、第六
十八条第一項及び第七十五条の改正規定、第六条の規定、第七条中弁理士法第五条
の改正規定並びに附則第八条、第九条、第十条第二項、第十七条及び第十九条の規
定 平成八年一月一日
（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第十条 この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している実用新案登録出願又はこの法律
の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に係る審判若しくは再審については、新実用新案法
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第四十五条第一項において準用する新特許法第百七十三条第二項並びに新実用新案法
第四十五条第二項及び第五十四条第一項の規定を除き、なお従前の例による。
２ 実用新案登録出願の日が、第二条及び前条第一項の規定の施行前にその決定の謄本
の送達があった出願公告のすべてが終了する日前である実用新案登録出願についての
新実用新案法第三条の二の規定の適用については、同条中「発行又は」とあるのは
「発行、」と、「出願公開」とあるのは「出願公開又は出願公告」とする。
３ 新実用新案法第三十三条の二の規定は、旧実用新案法第三十三条第四項又は第五項
の規定により消滅したもの又は初めから存在しなかったものとみなされた実用新案権
には、適用しない。
（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
第十三条 この法律の各改正規定の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従
前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の各改正規定の施行後にした行為に対
する罰則の適用については、それぞれなお従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
第十四条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な
経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成七年五月十二日法律第九十一号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日から施行する。
附 則 〔平成八年六月十二日法律第六十八号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、平成九年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定
は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
二 第一条中商標法第四十条第四項及び第七十六条第四項にただし書を加える改正規
定、第二条中特許法第百七条第三項、第百十二条第三項及び第百九十五条第五項に
ただし書を加える改正規定、第三条中実用新案法第三十一条第三項、第三十三条第
三項及び第五十四条第四項にただし書を加える改正規定、第四条中意匠法第四十二
条第四項、第四十四条第三項及び第六十七条第四項にただし書を加える改正規定、
第五条中工業所有権に関する手続等の特例に関する法律第四十条第四項にただし書
を加える改正規定並びに附則第二十七条の規定 平成八年十月一日
（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
第二十条 この法律の各改正規定の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従
前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の各改正規定の施行後にした行為に対
する罰則の適用については、それぞれなお従前の例による。
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（政令への委任）
第二十一条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要
な経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成八年六月二十六日法律第百十号〕〔抄〕
この法律は、新民訴法の施行の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、
当該各号に定める日から施行する。
二 第三十条中特許法第十条の改正規定、第三十二条中実用新案法第二条の五第二項
の改正規定、第三十三条中意匠法第六十八条第二項の改正規定、第三十四条中商標
法第七十七条第二項、附則第二十七条第二項及び附則第三十条の改正規定並びに第
五十一条中工業所有権に関する手続等の特例に関する法律第四十一条第二項の改正
規定 平成十年四月一日又は新民訴法の施行の日のいずれか遅い日
附 則 〔平成十年五月六日法律第五十一号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、平成十一年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規
定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
二 第一条中特許法第百七条の改正規定（同条第一項の表の改正規定を除く。）及び
同法第百九十五条の改正規定（同条第一項第四号から第七号までの改正規定を除
く。）、第二条中実用新案法第三十一条の改正規定及び同法第五十四条の改正規定
（同条第一項第四号から第七号までの改正規定を除く。）、第四条の規定、第五条
中商標法第四十条、第四十一条の二第五項及び第六十五条の七第三項の改正規定並
びに同法第七十六条の改正規定（同条第一項の改正規定を除く。）、第六条中工業
所有権に関する手続等の特例に関する法律第四十条の改正規定並びに次条第三項、
附則第三条第二項、第五条並びに第六条第二項の規定、附則第十四条中商標法等の
一部を改正する法律（平成八年法律第六十八号）附則第十五条第二項の改正規定並
びに附則第十八条の規定 平成十一年四月一日
（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している実用新案登録出願については、
別段の定めがある場合を除き、その実用新案登録出願について査定若しくは審決が確
定するまで、又は設定の登録がされるまでは、なお従前の例による。
２ 附則第一条第二号に定める日前に既に納付した登録料又は同日前に納付すべきであ
った登録料については、第二条の規定による改正後の実用新案法（以下「新実用新案
法」という。）第三十一条第三項及び第四項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例によ
る。
３ この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に係る実用新案登録についての登録異議
の申立て又は無効の理由については、なお従前の例による。
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（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
第七条 この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によるこ
ととされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、
それぞれなお従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
第八条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経
過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成十一年五月十四日法律第四十一号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、平成十二年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規
定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
一 第一条中特許法第百七条第一項の表の改正規定及び同法第百六十八条に二項を加
える改正規定、第二条中実用新案法第三十一条第一項の表の改正規定及び同法第四
十条に二項を加える改正規定並びに次条第十項、附則第三条第六項及び附則第七条
から第十二条までの規定 公布の日から起算して一月を超えない範囲内において政
令で定める日
（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している実用新案登録出願に係る考案の
新規性の要件については、その実用新案登録出願について設定の登録がされるまでは、
なお従前の例による。
２ この法律の施行後にされた実用新案登録出願であって、実用新案法第十条第三項の
規定により施行前にしたものとみなされるものについては、第二条の規定による改正
後の実用新案法（以下「新実用新案法」という。）第十条第八項及び第九項の規定を
適用する。
３ この法律の施行前に求められた登録実用新案の技術的範囲についての判定について
は、なお従前の例による。
４ 新実用新案法第四章第二節の規定は、別段の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施
行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、第二条の規定による改正前の実用新案法
（以下「旧実用新案法」という。）第四章第二節の規定により生じた効力を妨げない。
５ 新実用新案法第三十条において準用する新特許法第百五条の三の規定は、この法律
の施行前に、第二審である高等裁判所又は地方裁判所における口頭弁論が終結した事
件及び簡易裁判所の判決又は地方裁判所が第一審としてした判決に対して上告をする
権利を留保して控訴をしない旨の合意をした事件については、適用しない。
６ 附則第一条第一号に定める日前に既に納付した登録料又は同日前に納付すべきであ
った登録料（旧実用新案法第三十六条において準用する旧特許法第百九条の規定によ
りその納付が猶予されたものを含む。）については、新実用新案法第三十一条第一項
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の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
７ この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に係る実用新案登録についての無効の理
由については、なお従前の例による。
（平成五年旧実用新案法の一部改正）
第十一条 特許法等の一部を改正する法律（平成五年法律第二十六号。以下「平成五年
改正法」という。）附則第四条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされ
た同法第三条の規定による改正前の実用新案法（以下「平成五年旧実用新案法」とい
う。）の一部を次のように改正する。
第三十一条第一項の表中「千円」を「八百円」に、「二千円」を「千六百円」に、
「四千円」を「三千二百円」に改める。
（平成五年旧実用新案法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第十二条 附則第一条第一号に定める日前に前条の規定による改正前の平成五年旧実用
新案法第三十一条第一項の規定により既に納付した登録料又は同日前に同項の規定に
より納付すべきであった登録料（平成五年旧実用新案法第三十四条において準用する
平成五年改正法附則第四条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平
成五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の特許法第百九条の規定によりその納付が猶
予されたものを含む。）については、前条の規定による改正後の平成五年旧実用新案
法第三十一条第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
第十八条 この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例による
こととされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、
それぞれなお従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
第十九条 附則第二条から第六条まで、第八条、第十条、第十二条及び前条に定めるも
ののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成十一年十二月二十二日法律第百六十号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律（第二条及び第三条を除く。）は、平成十三年一月六日から施行する。
附 則 〔平成十一年十二月二十二日法律第二百二十号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律（第一条を除く。）は、平成十三年一月六日から施行する。
（政令への委任）
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第四条 前二条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な事項は、政令で定め
る。
附 則 〔平成十四年四月十七日法律第二十四号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行
する。
一 第二条中特許法第百一条の改正規定、同法第百十二条の三第二項の改正規定及び
同法第百七十五条第二項の改正規定、第四条中実用新案法第二十八条の改正規定並
びに同法第三十三条の三第二項第二号及び第四十四条第二項第二号の改正規定並び
に第六条中商標法第六十八条の十九第一項の改正規定、同法第六十八条の三十の改
正規定及び同法第六十八条の三十五の改正規定並びに附則第六条の規定 公布の日
から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
二 第二条の規定（特許法第百一条の改正規定、同法第百十二条の三第二項の改正規
定及び同法第百七十五条第二項の改正規定を除く。）及び第四条の規定（実用新案
法第二十八条の改正規定並びに同法第三十三条の三第二項第二号及び第四十四条第
二項第二号の改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第三条及び第五条の規定 公布の日か
ら起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
（第三条の規定による実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第四条 この法律の施行前に第三条の規定による改正前の実用新案法第四十八条の五第
一項の規定による手続をした日本語実用新案登録出願並びに同法第四十八条の四第一
項及び第四十八条の五第一項の規定による手続をした外国語実用新案登録出願に係る
国内書面提出期間及び国内処理基準時については、なお従前の例による。
（第四条の規定による実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第五条 第四条の規定（実用新案法第二十八条の改正規定並びに同法第三十三条の三第
二項第二号及び第四十四条第二項第二号の改正規定を除く。）による改正後の実用新
案法（以下この条において「新実用新案法」という。）の規定は、施行日以後にする
実用新案登録出願（施行日以後にする実用新案登録出願であって、実用新案法第十条
第三項の規定又は同法第十一条第一項において準用する特許法第四十四条第二項の規
定により施行日前にしたものとみなされるもの（以下この項において「施行日前の実
用新案登録出願の分割等に係る実用新案登録出願」という。）を含む。）について適
用し、施行日前にした実用新案登録出願（施行日前の実用新案登録出願の分割等に係
る実用新案登録出願を除く。）については、なお従前の例による。
２ 施行日前にした実用新案登録出願又は特許出願が、新実用新案法第三条の二に規定
する他の実用新案登録出願又は特許出願である場合における同条の適用については、
同条中「明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲」とあるのは、
「明細書」とする。
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３ 施行日前にした実用新案登録出願又は特許出願が、新実用新案法第八条第一項に規
定する先の出願である場合における同条第一項から第三項までの適用については、こ
れらの規定中「明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲若しくは特許請求の範囲」とあるの
は、「明細書」とする。
（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
第七条 この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例に
よる。
（政令への委任）
第八条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経
過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成十五年五月二十三日法律第四十七号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、平成十六年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規
定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
一 附則第十八条の規定 公布の日
二 第一条中特許法第百七条、第百九十五条並びに別表第一号から第四号まで及び第
六号の改正規定、第二条中実用新案法第三十一条及び第五十四条の改正規定、第三
条中意匠法第四十二条及び第六十七条の改正規定、第四条中商標法第四十条、第四
十一条の二、第六十五条の七及び第七十六条の改正規定、第五条中特許協力条約に
基づく国際出願等に関する法律第十八条の改正規定、第六条中工業所有権に関する
手続等の特例に関する法律第四十条の改正規定（同条第一項に係る部分を除く。）
並びに第七条及び第八条の規定並びに附則第二条第二項から第六項まで、第三条第
二項及び第三項、第四条第一項、第五条第一項、第七条から第十一条まで、第十六
条並びに第十九条の規定 平成十六年四月一日
（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 第二条の規定による改正後の実用新案法（以下この条において「新実用新案
法」という。）第六条の規定は、この法律の施行後にする実用新案登録出願について
適用し、この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願については、なお従前の例による。
２ 一部施行日前にした実用新案登録出願（一部施行日以後にする実用新案登録出願で
あって、実用新案法第十条第三項の規定又は同法第十一条第一項において準用する特
許法第四十四条第二項の規定により一部施行日前にしたものとみなされるもの（以下
「一部施行日前の実用新案登録出願の分割等に係る実用新案登録出願」という。）を
除く。）に係る登録料の納付についての新実用新案法第三十一条第二項及び第三項の
規定並びに手数料の納付についての新実用新案法第五十四条第三項から第五項までの
規定の適用については、これらの規定中「国」とあるのは、「国等（特許法等の一部
を改正する法律（平成十五年法律第四十七号）第二条の規定による改正前の実用新案
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法第三十一条第四項に規定する国等をいう。）」とする。
３ 共有に係る実用新案権について一部施行日前に既に納付した登録料又は一部施行日
前に納付すべきであった登録料（第二条の規定による改正前の実用新案法第三十二条
の二の規定によりその納付が猶予されたものを含む。）については、新実用新案法第
三十一条第三項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
４ この法律の施行前に請求された審判又は再審については、その審判又は再審につい
て審決が確定するまでは、なお従前の例による。
５ この法律の施行前に請求された審判の確定した審決に対する再審については、なお
従前の例による。
（平成五年改正法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第十三条 この法律の施行前に請求された平成五年改正法第三条の規定による改正前の
実用新案法（以下「旧実用新案法」という。）第三十七条第一項、第三十九条第一項
又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判については、その審決が確定するまでは、なお従
前の例による。
２ 前条の規定による改正後の平成五年改正法附則第四条第二項において読み替えられ
た旧実用新案法第四十七条第二項において準用する新特許法第百八十一条の規定は、
この法律の施行後に請求される旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項又は第四十八条の十二
第一項の審判についての審決に対する訴えについて適用し、この法律の施行前に請求
された旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判についての
審決に対する訴えについては、なお従前の例による。
（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
第十七条 この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例による
こととされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、
それぞれなお従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
第十八条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な
経過措置は、政令で定める。
（検討）
第十九条 政府は、附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行後五年を経過した場合におい
て、新特許法第百七条第一項並びに別表第一号から第四号まで及び第六号の規定の施
行の状況について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
附 則 〔平成十五年七月十六日法律第百八号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。ただし、第三条の規定は、特許法等の一部を改正する法律（平成
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十五年法律第四十七号）の施行の日又はこの法律の施行の日のいずれか遅い日から施
行する。
（特許権等に関する訴え及び意匠権等に関する訴えに係る訴訟の管轄等に関する経過
措置）
第三条 この法律の施行の際現に係属している特許権、実用新案権、回路配置利用権又
はプログラムの著作物についての著作者の権利に関する訴え（第四項において「特許
権等に関する訴え」という。）及び意匠権、商標権、著作者の権利（プログラムの著
作物についての著作者の権利を除く。）、出版権、著作隣接権若しくは育成者権に関
する訴え又は不正競争（不正競争防止法（平成五年法律第四十七号）第二条第一項に
規定する不正競争をいう。）による営業上の利益の侵害に係る訴えに係る訴訟の管轄
及び移送については、なお従前の例による。
２ この法律の施行の際現に係属している事件については、第一条の規定による改正後
の民事訴訟法第二百六十九条の二及び第三百十条の二並びに第二条の規定による改正
後の特許法第百八十二条の二（第三条の規定による改正後の実用新案法第四十七条第
二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、適用しない。
３ 特許法等の一部を改正する法律附則第二条第九項の規定によりなお従前の例による
こととされる同法第一条の規定による改正前の特許法第百七十八条第一項の訴えであ
って特許異議の申立てについての取消決定又は特許異議申立書の却下の決定に対する
ものに係る事件については、前項に定める場合を除き、第二条の規定による改正後の
特許法第百八十二条の二の規定を適用する。
４ この法律の施行前にした申立てに係る保全命令事件であって本案の訴えが特許権等
に関する訴えであるものの管轄については、なお従前の例による。
（実用新案法に関する経過措置）
第五条 この法律の施行の日が特許法等の一部を改正する法律の施行の日前である場合
には、同法の施行の日の前日までの間における実用新案法第四十七条第二項の規定の
適用については、同項中「第百八十二条」とあるのは「第百八十二条の二」と、「及
び裁判の正本の送付」とあるのは「、裁判の正本の送付及び合議体の構成」とする。
２ 前項の場合には、この法律の施行の際現に係属している事件については、同項にお
いて読み替えて適用する実用新案法第四十七条第二項において準用する第二条の規定
による改正後の特許法第百八十二条の二の規定は、適用しない。
附 則 〔平成十六年六月四日法律第七十九号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、平成十七年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規
定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
一 附則第六条の規定 公布の日
二 第一条中特許法第百九十五条第七項の改正規定、第二条中実用新案法第五十四条
第六項の改正規定及び第三条中工業所有権に関する手続等の特例に関する法律第十
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四条から第十六条までの改正規定並びに附則第四条第一項の規定 公布の日又は平
成十六年四月一日のいずれか遅い日
（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 第二条の規定（実用新案法第五十四条第六項の改正規定を除く。）による改正
後の実用新案法の規定は、この法律の施行後にする実用新案登録出願について適用し、
この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願については、なお従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
第六条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経
過措置は、政令で定める。
（検討）
第七条 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、新々特例法第四章第
三節の規定の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、同節の規定について
検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
附 則 〔平成十六年六月十八日法律第百二十号〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、平成十七年四月一日から施行する。
（経過措置の原則）
第二条 この法律による改正後の裁判所法、民事訴訟法、民事訴訟費用等に関する法律、
特許法、実用新案法、意匠法、商標法、不正競争防止法及び著作権法の規定（罰則を
除く。）は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行前に生じた事
項にも適用する。ただし、この法律による改正前のこれらの法律の規定により生じた
効力を妨げない。
（平成五年旧実用新案法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第五条 この法律による改正後の平成五年旧実用新案法の規定（罰則を除く。）は、次
項に定める場合を除き、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、この
法律による改正前の平成五年旧実用新案法の規定により生じた効力を妨げない。
２ 次に掲げる規定は、この法律の施行前に、訴訟の完結した事件、第二審である高等
裁判所又は地方裁判所における口頭弁論が終結した事件及び簡易裁判所の判決又は地
方裁判所が第一審としてした判決に対して上告をする権利を留保して控訴をしない旨
の合意をした事件については、適用しない。
一 この法律による改正後の平成五年旧実用新案法第十三条の三第四項（この法律に
よる改正後の平成五年旧実用新案法第四十八条の十三第二項において準用する場合
を含む。）において準用する新特許法第百四条の三、第百五条の四から第百五条の
六まで並びに第百六十八条第五項及び第六項の規定
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二 この法律による改正後の平成五年旧実用新案法第三十条において準用する新特許
法第百五条の四から第百五条の六までの規定
附 則 〔平成十七年六月二十九日法律第七十五号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。
（経過措置）
第二条 第一条の規定による改正後の不正競争防止法第二条第一項第三号の規定は、こ
の法律の施行後にした同号に掲げる行為について適用し、この法律の施行前にした第
一条の規定による改正前の不正競争防止法第二条第一項第三号に掲げる行為について
は、なお従前の例による。
第三条 削除
第四条 削除
（政令への委任）
第五条 附則第二条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政
令で定める。
附 則 〔平成十八年六月七日法律第五十五号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行
する。
二 第一条中意匠法第二条第三項、第三十八条、第四十四条の三及び第五十五条の改
正規定、第六十九条の見出しを削る改正規定、同条の前に見出しを付する改正規定、
同条の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに第七十四条の改正規定、
第二条中特許法第二条、第百一条、第百十二条の三及び第百七十五条の改正規定、
第百九十六条の見出しを削る改正規定、同条の前に見出しを付する改正規定、同条
の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに第二百一条の改正規定、第三
条の規定、第四条中商標法第二条第三項、第三十七条及び第六十七条の改正規定、
第七十八条の見出しを削る改正規定、同条の前に見出しを付する改正規定、同条の
改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに第八十二条の改正規定並びに第
五条の規定並びに次条第三項並びに附則第三条第二項、第四条、第五条第二項、第
九条、第十二条、第十三条及び第十六条の規定 平成十九年一月一日
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（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第四条 第三条の規定による改正後の実用新案法第二条、第二十八条、第三十三条の三
及び第四十四条の規定は、一部施行日以後にした行為について適用し、一部施行日前
にした行為については、なお従前の例による。
第九条 削除
第十条 削除
（平成五年旧実用新案法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第十三条 前条の規定による改正後の平成五年旧実用新案法第二条及び第二十八条の規
定は、一部施行日以後にした行為について適用し、一部施行日前にした行為について
は、なお従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
第十四条 附則第二条から第十一条まで及び前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行
に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成二十年四月十八日法律第十六号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行
する。
一 附則第六条の規定 公布の日
三 第一条中特許法第二十七条第一項第一号及び第九十八条第一項第一号の改正規定、
第二条中実用新案法第四十九条第一項第一号の改正規定、第三条中意匠法第六十一
条第一項第一号の改正規定並びに第四条中商標法第六十八条の二十七第一項及び第
二項の改正規定 平成二十年九月三十日
（実用新案法の改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 新実用新案法第十条第一項ただし書及び第六項の規定は、この法律の施行の日
以後に拒絶をすべき旨の最初の査定の謄本が送達される特許出願について適用し、こ
の法律の施行の日前に拒絶をすべき旨の最初の査定の謄本の送達があった特許出願に
ついては、なお従前の例による。
２ 新実用新案法第十条第二項ただし書及び第七項の規定は、この法律の施行の日以後
に拒絶をすべき旨の最初の査定の謄本が送達される意匠登録出願について適用し、こ
の法律の施行の日前に拒絶をすべき旨の最初の査定の謄本の送達があった意匠登録出
願については、なお従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
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第六条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経
過措置は、政令で定める。
附 則 〔平成二十三年六月八日法律第六十三号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。
（実用新案法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 第二条の規定による改正後の実用新案法（以下「新実用新案法」という。）第
四条の二第三項において準用する新特許法第三十四条の三第五項の規定は、この法律
の施行の日前に新実用新案法第八条第一項の規定による優先権の主張があった場合に
ついては、適用しない。
２ 新実用新案法第七条の規定は、この法律の施行の日以後にする実用新案登録出願又
は特許出願について適用し、この法律の施行の日前にした実用新案登録出願又は特許
出願については、なお従前の例による。
３ この法律の施行の際現に特許庁に係属している特許出願について登録した仮通常実
施権を有する者がある場合には、当該特許出願を基礎とする新実用新案法第八条第一
項の規定による優先権の主張又は当該特許出願に基づく新実用新案法第十条第一項の
規定による出願の変更に係る承諾については、新実用新案法第八条第一項ただし書又
は第十条第九項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
４ 新実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第三十条の規定は、次項に
規定する場合を除き、この法律の施行の日以後にする実用新案登録出願に係る考案に
ついて適用し、この法律の施行の日前にした実用新案登録出願に係る考案については、
なお従前の例による。
５ この法律の施行の日以後にする実用新案登録出願が新実用新案法第八条第一項の規
定による優先権の主張を伴う場合であって、当該優先権の主張の基礎とされた同項に
規定する先の出願がこの法律の施行の日前にされたものであるときは、当該実用新案
登録出願に係る考案のうち、当該先の出願に係る考案については、新実用新案法第十
一条第一項において準用する新特許法第三十条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例に
よる。
６ 新実用新案法第十七条の二、新実用新案法第三十条において準用する新特許法第百
四条の三第三項並びに新実用新案法第三十七条第一項第五号及び第二項の規定は、こ
の法律の施行の日以後にする実用新案登録出願について適用し、この法律の施行の日
前にした実用新案登録出願については、なお従前の例による。
７ 新実用新案法第十九条第三項において準用する新特許法第九十九条及び新実用新案
法第二十条第一項の規定は、この法律の施行の際現に存する通常実施権にも適用する。
８ この法律の施行の日前に通常実施権の移転、変更、消滅若しくは処分の制限又は通
常実施権を目的とする質権の設定、移転、変更、消滅若しくは処分の制限に係る第二
条の規定による改正前の実用新案法（以下「旧実用新案法」という。）第十九条第三
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項又は第二十五条第四項において準用する旧特許法第九十九条第三項の登録（旧産活
法第五十八条第二項の規定により旧実用新案法第十九条第三項において準用する旧特
許法第九十九条第三項の登録があったものとみなされた場合における当該登録を含
む。）がされた場合における当該登録の第三者に対する効力については、なお従前の
例による。
９ 新実用新案法第二十六条において準用する新特許法第八十二条第一項の規定は、こ
の法律の施行の際現に存する意匠権又はその専用実施権についての通常実施権にも適
用する。
１０ 新実用新案法第三十条において準用する新特許法第百四条の四の規定は、この法
律の施行の日以後に提起された再審の訴え（裁判所法等の一部を改正する法律（平成
十六年法律第百二十号）第五条の規定による改正後の実用新案法第三十条において準
用する平成十六年改正特許法第百四条の三第一項の規定が適用される訴訟事件に係る
ものに限る。）における主張について適用する。
１１ 新実用新案法第三十三条の二第一項の規定は、この法律の施行の日以後に新実用
新案法第三十三条第四項又は第五項の規定により消滅したもの又は初めから存在しな
かったものとみなされた実用新案権について適用し、この法律の施行の日前に旧実用
新案法第三十三条第四項又は第五項の規定により消滅したもの又は初めから存在しな
かったものとみなされた実用新案権については、なお従前の例による。
１２ この法律の施行の日前に請求された審判又は再審については、その審決が確定す
るまでは、なお従前の例による。
１３ この法律の施行の日前に請求された審判の確定審決に対する再審については、な
お従前の例による。
１４ この法律の施行の日前にした旧実用新案法第十四条の二第一項の訂正（この法律
の施行の日以後にする第十二項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされるものを
含む。）に係る実用新案登録の無効（旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項第七号に係るも
のに限る。）については、なお従前の例による。
１５ 新実用新案法第四十一条において準用する新特許法第百六十七条の規定は、この
法律の施行の日以後に確定審決の登録があった審判と同一の事実及び同一の証拠に基
づく審判について適用し、この法律の施行の日前に確定審決の登録があった審判と同
一の事実及び同一の証拠に基づく審判については、なお従前の例による。
１６ 新実用新案法第四十七条第二項において準用する新特許法第百八十一条の規定は、
この法律の施行の日以後に請求される審判についての審決に対する訴えについて適用
し、この法律の施行の日前に請求された審判についての審決に対する訴えについては、
なお従前の例による。
１７ 新実用新案法第四十八条の四第四項及び第五項の規定は、この法律の施行の日前
に旧実用新案法第四十八条の四第三項の規定により取り下げられたものとみなされた
国際実用新案登録出願には、適用しない。
１８ この法律の施行の日前に登録された通常実施権に係る情報であって旧実用新案法
第五十五条第一項において準用する旧特許法第百八十六条第三項の規定により証明等
を行わないものとされたものについての証明等については、新実用新案法第五十五条
第一項において準用する新特許法第百八十六条第一項本文の規定にかかわらず、なお
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従前の例による。
（政令への委任）
第十一条 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な
経過措置は、政令で定める。
（平成五年旧実用新案法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第十八条 前条の規定による改正後の平成五年旧実用新案法（以下「新平成五年旧実用
新案法」という。）第十三条の三第四項において準用する新特許法第百四条の四の規
定は、この法律の施行の日以後に提起された再審の訴え（裁判所法等の一部を改正す
る法律（平成十六年法律第百二十号）附則第四条の規定による改正後の平成五年旧実
用新案法第十三条の三第四項において準用する平成十六年改正特許法第百四条の三第
一項の規定が適用される訴訟事件に係るものに限る。）における主張について適用す
る。
（平成五年改正法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第二十条 この法律の施行の日前に請求された附則第十七条の規定による改正前の平成
五年旧実用新案法（以下「旧平成五年旧実用新案法」という。）第三十七条第一項、
第三十九条第一項若しくは第四十八条の十二第一項の審判又は再審については、その
審決が確定するまでは、なお従前の例による。
２ この法律の施行の日前に請求された旧平成五年旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項又は
第四十八条の十二第一項の審判であって、その審決が確定していないものに係る実用
新案登録の願書に添付した明細書又は図面の訂正をすることについての審判（次項に
おいて「訂正の審判」という。）については、その審決が確定するまでは、なお従前
の例による。
３ この法律の施行の日前に請求された旧平成五年旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項、第
三十九条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判の確定審決及びこの法律の施行の
日以後に前項の規定によりなお従前の例により請求される訂正の審判の確定審決に対
する再審については、なお従前の例による。
４ この法律の施行の日前にした旧平成五年旧実用新案法第三十九条第一項又は第四十
条の二第一項の規定による訂正（この法律の施行の日以後にする第一項又は第二項の
規定によりなお従前の例によることとされるものを含む。）に係る実用新案登録の無
効（旧平成五年旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項第二号の二に係るものに限る。）につ
いては、なお従前の例による。
５ 前条の規定による改正後の平成五年改正法附則第四条第二項において読み替えられ
た新平成五年旧実用新案法（以下「読替え後の新平成五年旧実用新案法」という。）
第四十一条において準用する新特許法第百六十七条の規定は、この法律の施行の日以
後に確定審決の登録があった審判と同一の事実及び同一の証拠に基づく審判について
適用し、この法律の施行の日前に確定審決の登録があった審判と同一の事実及び同一
の証拠に基づく審判については、なお従前の例による。
６ 新平成五年旧実用新案法第四十七条第一項及び読替え後の新平成五年旧実用新案法
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第五十五条第六項において準用する新特許法第百九十五条の四の規定は、この法律の
施行の日以後に請求された新平成五年旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項又は第四十八条
の十二第一項の審判に係る読替え後の新平成五年旧実用新案法第四十一条において準
用する新特許法第百三十三条第三項の規定によりされる新平成五年旧実用新案法第四
十条の二第一項の訂正の請求書の却下の決定について適用し、この法律の施行の日前
に請求された旧平成五年旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項
の審判に係る旧平成五年旧実用新案法第四十一条において準用する旧特許法第百三十
三条第三項の規定によりされた旧平成五年旧実用新案法第四十条の二第一項の訂正の
請求書の却下の決定については、なお従前の例による。
７ 読替え後の新平成五年旧実用新案法第四十七条第二項において準用する新特許法第
百八十一条の規定は、この法律の施行の日以後に請求される新平成五年旧実用新案法
第三十七条第一項、第三十九条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判についての
審決に対する訴えについて適用し、この法律の施行の日前に請求された旧平成五年旧
実用新案法第三十七条第一項、第三十九条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判
についての審決に対する訴えについては、なお従前の例による。
８ 新平成五年旧実用新案法別表第九号の規定は、この法律の施行の日以後に請求され
る新平成五年旧実用新案法第三十七条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判に係
る手数料について適用し、施行の日前に請求された旧平成五年旧実用新案法第三十七
条第一項又は第四十八条の十二第一項の審判に係る手数料については、旧平成五年旧
実用新案法別表第九号の規定は、なおその効力を有する。
附 則 〔平成二十三年六月二十四日法律第七十四号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日から施行する。
附 則 〔平成二十六年五月十四日法律第三十六号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行
する。
一 附則第九条の規定 公布の日
（実用新案法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
第三条 第二条の規定による改正後の実用新案法（以下「新実用新案法」という。）第
二条の二第一項ただし書の規定は、この法律の施行後にする実用新案登録出願につい
て適用し、この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願については、なお従前の例によ
る。
２ 新実用新案法第八条第一項及び第四項の規定は、この法律の施行後にする実用新案
登録出願に伴う優先権の主張について適用し、この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録
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出願に伴う優先権の主張については、なお従前の例による。
３ 新実用新案法第九条第一項の規定は、この法律の施行後にする実用新案登録出願に
伴う優先権の主張の基礎とした新実用新案法第八条第一項に規定する先の出願につい
て適用し、この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に伴う優先権の主張の基礎とし
た第二条の規定による改正前の実用新案法（以下「旧実用新案法」という。）第八条
第一項に規定する先の出願については、なお従前の例による。
４ 新実用新案法第九条第二項及び第三項の規定は、この法律の施行後にする実用新案
登録出願に伴う優先権の主張について適用し、この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録
出願に伴う優先権の主張については、なお従前の例による。
５ 新実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第三十条第四項の規定は、
この法律の施行前に旧実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する旧特許法第三十条
第三項に規定する期間内に同項に規定する証明書の提出がなかった場合については、
適用しない。
６ 新実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第四十三条第一項（新実用
新案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第四十三条の三第三項において準用
する場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行後にする実用新案登録出願に伴う優先
権の主張について適用し、この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に伴う優先権の
主張については、なお従前の例による。
７ 新実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第四十三条第六項（新実用
新案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第四十三条の三第三項において準用
する場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行前に旧実用新案法第十一条第一項にお
いて準用する旧特許法第四十三条第二項（旧実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用
する旧特許法第四十三条の二第三項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項におい
て同じ。）に規定する期間内に旧実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する旧特許
法第四十三条第二項に規定する書類又は旧実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用す
る旧特許法第四十三条第五項（旧実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する旧特許
法第四十三条の二第三項において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する書面の提出がな
かった場合については、適用しない。
８ 新実用新案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第四十三条の二（新実用新
案法第十一条第一項において準用する新特許法第四十三条の三第三項において準用す
る場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行前にした実用新案登録出願に伴う優先権
の主張については、適用しない。
９ 新実用新案法第三十二条第四項の規定は、この法律の施行前に旧実用新案法第三十
二条第三項の規定により延長された期間内に登録料の納付がなかった場合については、
適用しない。
１０ 新実用新案法第三十四条第三項の規定は、この法律の施行前に旧実用新案法第三
十四条第二項に規定する期間内に同条第一項の規定による登録料の返還の請求がなか
った場合については、適用しない。
１１ 実用新案法第四十八条の十六第四項の規定によりこの法律の施行前にされた実用
新案登録出願とみなされた国際出願についての手続の補正については、なお従前の例
による。
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１２ 新実用新案法第五十四条の二第十二項の規定は、この法律の施行前に旧実用新案
法第五十四条の二第三項、第七項、第九項又は第十一項に規定する期間内に同条第二
項、第四項若しくは第六項、第八項又は第十項の規定による手数料の返還の請求がな
かった場合については、適用しない。
（罰則に関する経過措置）
第八条 この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例に
よる。
（政令への委任）
第九条 附則第二条から前条まで及び附則第十九条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施
行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
（検討）
第十条 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、第六条の規定による
改正後の弁理士法（以下この条において「新弁理士法」という。）の施行の状況を勘
案し、必要があると認めるときは、新弁理士法の規定について検討を加え、その結果
に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
附 則 〔平成二十六年六月十三日法律第六十九号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）の施行の日から
施行する。
附 則 〔平成二十七年七月十日法律第五十五号〕〔抄〕
（施行期日）
第一条 この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定め
る日から施行する。
（政令への委任）
第五条 前三条及び附則第九条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過
措置は、政令で定める。
別表（第五十四条関係）
納付しなければならない者 金額
一 実用新案登録出願をする者 一件につき一万四千円
二 第四十八条の五第一項の規定により手
続をすべき者
一件につき一万四千円
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三 第四十八条の十六第一項の規定により
申出をする者
一件につき一万四千円
四 第二条の五第一項において準用する特
許法第五条第三項の規定による期間の
延長を請求する者
一件につき四千二百円
五 実用新案技術評価の請求をする者 一件につき四万二千円に一
請求項につき千三百円を加
えた額
六 明細書、実用新案登録請求の範囲又は
図面の訂正をする者
一件につき千四百円
七 第二十六条において準用する特許法第
七十一条第一項の規定により判定を求
める者
一件につき四万円
八 裁定を請求する者 一件につき五万五千円
九 裁定の取消しを請求する者 一件につき二万七千五百円
十 審判又は再審を請求する者 一件につき四万九千五百円
に一請求項につき五千五百
円を加えた額
十一 審判又は再審への参加を申請する者 一件につき五万五千円