A kokoku or kokoku tokkyo koho is an examined and approved Japanese patent application, published for opposition, in contrast to the kokai, the published ("laid-open"), unexamined Japanese patent application.[1] The kokoku system of publishing for opposition was abolished in 1996.[2]
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edit- ^ Kotler, Mindy L.; Hamilton, Gary W. (November 1995). "A guide to Japan's patent system". p. 19. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.124.6834.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Thomson Reuters, The Japanese patenting system.
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