TOKYO, Aug. 4 -- Japan Patent Office issued the following press release:
On June 24 to 27, 2025, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) held an *Examiner Exchange Program with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).
The JPO has conducted Examiner Exchange Programs with the CNIPA since 2008.
This year, we held an in-person program by inviting CNIPA examiners to Japan. Eight JPO patent examiners and six CNIPA patent examiners participated in the program, and deepened understanding of each Office's examination practices by exchanging information on prior art search methods and operations of examination standards in four technical fields of advertising, display means and label, crushing and pulverising, metal processing, and ...