Guide to STN Patent Databases – Basic Version - Paton - TU Ilmenau

10 JAPIO
10.1 Typical queries
Patent databases on STN International
Searches on the state of the art in Japan (using text and classification), e.g.:
What patents have been applied for in Japan on the subject of Georadar?
Searches using formal data (e.g. numbers, names), e.g.:
What does the Japanese patent, JP 10028400, contain?
10.2 Brief description
Producer: Japan Patent Information Organization (JAPIO), Tokyo, Japan
Period covered: Since Oct. 1976
04/1973 12/1997: supplementary documents from INPADOC
Size: Approx. 10.9 million records on patents
approx. 7.9 million patent images (May 2012)
Updated: Monthly
Language: English
10.3 Contents
Publications of JP patent applications (Kokai Tokkyo Koho)
Bibliographical details, JAPIO classification, title, abstracts in English, names
International Patent Classification IPC1 8, IPC thesaurus, range search possible, currently no
re-classification of the back-file
Patent drawings and formulae
The JAPIO database provides the most comprehensive access to Japanese unexamined patent applications (JP-A).
ions (e.g. PCT
applications designating Japan), thus documents from INPADOC covering the period from 04/1973 to 12/1997 were
added. These do not have abstracts and some even miss an English title.
Abstracts are in English. The names of the inventors and assignees are given in Roman characters.
JAPIO does not contain records on publications relating to PCT applications entering the national phase (JP-T),
published applications after examination (JP-B), or granted patents (JP-B1, JP-B2).
10.4 Dynamics
The JAPIO database follows the static principle, documents once entered are not updated. The database only
contains publications of unexamined applications.
10.5 Updating
Publications appear in JAPIO approx. 3 to 6 months after the date of publication.
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