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Outline of FI/F-term - Japan Patent Office
1 Outline of FI/F-termDec. 2013 Japan Patent OFFICE2 ContentWhy FI/F-term ?Overview of Patent classification systemsWhat is FI?What is F-term?Revision of FI/F-termFinding FI/F-termIdentifying FI/F-termSearching with FI/F-termAnnually about 350,000 Patent applications in Japan (not including PCT applications)Totally about 20,000,000 documentsAbout 75% of domestic applications have nopatent familiesHuge amount of prior art!Why FI/F-term ?050000100000150000200000250000 3000003500004000004500001974197719801981 1982198319841985198619871988198919901991 1992199319941995199619971998199920002001 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011 2012341977:Strasbourg Agreement entered in force in Japan1978: IPC officially introduced at JPO growing numbers of Patent documents JPO examiners subdivide files (using alphabetic letters A - Z) start of "File Index" (FI) classification1984: "paperless Office " project computerised search system new search indexes: File Forming terms (F- terms ) to improve search efficiencyWhy FI/F-term ?
2 Content Why FI/F-term? Overview of patent classification systems What is FI? What is F-term? Revision of FI/F-term Finding FI/F-term Identifying FI/F-term
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