TY  - GEN
ID  - 20099
KW  - Industrial property
KW  - Patents
KW  - Intellectual property
KW  - INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY : PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
KW  - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS : JAPAN
KW  - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS : U.S. PATENT SYSTEM
N1  - Free of charge; Supplier : U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington; Report to the Honorable John.D. Rockefeller IV and the Honorable Dennis DeConcini, U.S. Senate; Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. U.S. firms' experiences in obtaining patents in Japan; 3. Causes for U.S. companies' patent problems in Japan and recent changes in the Japanese Patent System; 4. Patent practices of U.S. firms can affect their patent experience in Japan; 5. U.S. firms' experience in enforcing patents in Japan; 6. Progress in working toward international patent harmonization; Appendixes; Glossary; Tables; Figures;.
T1  - Intellectual property rights :U.S. companies' patent experiences in Japan /
TI  - Intellectual property rights :U.S. companies' patent experiences in Japan /
ER  -