Someone asked me what they need to know about US, JP, KR, CN patent law. The Examination Board has provided the PCT Applicants Guide – you can, in principle be asked about the national entry requirements found in National Phase part, per state. For each state an overview is given of the requirements. I have…
Handy for those in this field: JP is to review its examination guidelines in respect of “medicinal inventions with new dosage/administration” and “methods for gathering data from human body for assisting with diagnosis” See here There is a possibility to postpone examination for affected applications until the new guidelines are published – see here