TOKYO, March 17 -- Japan Patent Office issued the following news:
The Japan Patent Office (JPO) provided a face-to-face PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Training Program for the patent examiners of the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) for two days from February 10 to 11, 2025 at the SAIP. The program was the JPO's first face-to-face training program for Saudi Arabia.
Two JPO trainers including an International Training Instructor of the JPO's Global Patent Academy (GPA) with extensive practical experience in patent examination gave lectures to about 30 SAIP patent examiners.
On December 15, 2024, the SAIP began to operate as International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examinat...