Kokoku (patent law)

A kokoku or kokoku tokkyo koho is an examined and approved Japanese patent application, published for opposition, in contrast to the kokai , the published ("laid-open"), unexamined Japanese patent application. ^[1] The kokoku system of publishing for opposition was abolished in 1996. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Japanese patent law

References

1. Kotler, Mindy L.; Hamilton, Gary W. (November 1995). "A guide to Japan's patent system". p. 19. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.124.6834 .
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
3. Thomson Reuters, The Japanese patenting system. ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}