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Japan has implemented a system of exemption from substantive examination requests for invention patent applications since April 1, 2019, which applies to both foreign companies and individuals. As long as the exemption conditions stipulated in the Japanese Patent Law are met, foreign applicants, companies and individuals can apply for exemption procedures.
Processing time:
- Substantive Examination Request Stage
- Annual fee payment stage
Required documents:
- Applicants can provide any document or certificate (scanned copy) that can confirm that they meet the exemption conditions, without translation or notarization. The JPO does not require the specific form of the supporting documents.
type | Fee reduction details | Conditions for exemption | ||
| Small and Medium Enterprises | Substantive examination fee: 50% reduction | Manufacturing, construction, transportation and other industries | Less than 300 people | Income below 300 million yen |
| Annual fee for the 1st to 10th year: 50% reduction | Wholesale Industry | Less than 100 people | Income below 100 million yen | |
| Service industry (excluding IT and information processing services) | Less than 100 people | Income less than 50 million yen | ||
| Retail | Less than 50 people | Income less than 50 million yen | ||
| Rubber product manufacturing | Less than 900 people | Income below 300 million yen | ||
| IT and information processing services | Less than 300 people | Income below 300 million yen | ||
| Hotel Industry | Less than 200 people | Income below 20 million yen | ||
| Small and Medium Enterprises | Substantive examination fee: reduced by 2/3 Annual fees for the 1st to 10th years: 2/3 reduction | Established less than 10 years ago, with registered capital of less than 300 million yen, and not controlled by a large enterprise with registered capital of more than 300 million yen. If there is only one holding company, the share price of the large company does not exceed 50%. If there are multiple holding companies, the share price of the large company does not exceed 2/3 | ||
| Small and Medium Enterprises | Substantive examination fee: reduced by 2/3 Annual fees for the 1st to 10th years: 2/3 reduction | The company has 20 or fewer employees and is not controlled by a large company (social security certificates for employees are required) | ||
| personal | Examination fee: All exempted. Annual fee for the first to third years: All exempted. Annual fee for the fourth to tenth years: Reduced by 1/2. | The total annual income is less than 1.5 million yen (the applicant's tax payment certificate provided by the tax bureau is required) | ||
| personal | Substantive examination fee: reduced by 1/2 Annual fees for the 1st to 10th years: reduced by 1/2 | The total annual income is less than 2.5 million yen (the applicant's tax payment certificate provided by the tax bureau is required) | ||
| University or research institution | Substantive examination fee: reduced by 1/2 Annual fees for the 1st to 10th years: reduced by 1/2 | Universities or research institutions, which can be found online, no need to provide any supporting documents | ||
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