This is another statistics regarding the Multi-Multi dependent claims after the restriction of Multi-Multi dependent claims.
Before the restriction on Multi-Multi Claims came into effect on April 1, 2022, the ratio of applications containing any Multi-Multi Claim to the total patent applications was about 65%. However, the ratio decreased to about 5% after the restriction (6.0% for applications filed in April, 2022 and 4.5% for those filed in May, 2022, provisional data).
In the application bearing such Multi-Multi dependent claims, a notice of reasons for rejection for violation of the Ministerial Ordinance Requirement will be issued. If such a notice is issued, the next OA can be a final OA and the scope of possible amendment may be limited.
For more detail, please see below.
https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/system/patent/shinsa/multimulticlaims.html
Our recommendation is the amendment of claim dependencies before the commencement of substantive examination, e.g. filing such an amendment together with filing a request for examination.
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