JAPAN
April 17, 2015
The Japan Patent Office withdraws certain notifications of incompatibility with its national law regarding the notification and effect on restoration of right of priority.
This means that the Japanese Office, as receiving or designated office, would consider requests for restoration of the right of priority and, if the necessary conditions are met, would accept such a decision made by another Office acting as receiving office (for international applications filed on or after 1 April 2015). Furthermore, the Japanese office has announced that it applies the "due care" criterion to requests for restoration of the right of priority, and no fees will be due for such requests.