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Effects of the Tohoku District - off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake on the Release of IP Gazettes
March 18, 2011
Information Dissemination and Policy Promotion Division
General Affairs Department, JPO

For patent publication on DVD-ROMs to be released on Mar. 16 (Wed.), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) will release Patent Gazettes after 16 p.m. on the day, considering a disrupted production of DVD-ROMs due to the Tohoku district - off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011.
And the release of such IP Gazettes available on CD-ROMs as listed below will also be changed as follows:

Published Registered Design Applications (Annual Serial No. 10): Mar. 22 (Tue.) ⇒ Mar. 28 (Mon.)
Published Registered Trademark Applications (Annual Serial No. 10): Mar. 22 (Tue.) ⇒ Mar. 29 (Tue.)
Published Unexamined/International Trademark Applications (Annual Serial No. 10): Mar. 17 (Thur.) ⇒ Mar. 24 (Thur.).

However, other IP Gazettes will be released as scheduled for now.
For further time schedule the details will be announced on the JPO’s Website as soon as they become clear.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you users, and your understanding and cooperation is greatly appreciated.