The Patent Act (Law No. 121, 1959) (Effective: 1960; Amended through 2005) English translation by Teruo Doi Table of Contents

Chapter I. General Provisions (Articles 1 to 28) Chapter II. Grant of Patent and Filing of Patent Applications (Articles 29 to 46-2) Chapter III. Examination of Patent Applications (Articles 47 to 63) (Articles 55 to 63 deleted by 2004 amendment) Chapter III-2. Public Disclosure of Patent Applications (Articles 64 to 65) Chapter IV. Patent Rights Section 1. Patent Rights (Article 66 to 99) Section 2. Infringement of Rights (Article 100 to106) Section 3. Patent Fees (Articles 107 to 112-3) Chapter V. Deleted. (Articles 113 to 120 deleted by 2003 amendment) Chapter VI. Trial Hearing (Articles 121 to 170) Chapter VII. Retrial Hearing (Articles 171 to 177) Chapter VIII. Court Litigation (Articles 178 to 184-2) Chapter IX. Exceptional Provisions for International Patent Applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Articles 184-3 to 184-20) Chapter X. Miscellaneous Provisions (Articles 185 to 195-4) Chapter XI. Penal Provisions (Articles 196 to 204) Supplemental Provisions [Appendix A., PATENTS & LICENSING, October, 2006]