{"id":269,"date":"2022-10-09T16:43:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/?p=269"},"modified":"2022-10-09T16:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:43:27","slug":"query-re-extension-of-deadline-for-filing-a-divisional-application-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/en\/2022\/10\/09\/query-re-extension-of-deadline-for-filing-a-divisional-application-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Query re extension of deadline for filing a divisional application in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-266\" src=\"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/O1hexq4Z_400x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Japan, a divisional application can be filed at any time before receiving a first Office Action.<\/p>\n<p>After the issuance of a first Office Action, you can file a divisional application before the expiration of a due date for filing a response to the outstanding Office Action.<br \/>\nBecause you can generally obtain a three-month extension of time for filing a response to the outstanding Office Action, the deadline for filing a divisional application in response to the Office Action will also be extended if you can obtain an extension of time for filing a response.<\/p>\n<p>As explained above, the deadline for filing a divisional application is linked to the deadline for filing a response to the Office Action at the Examination stage.<\/p>\n<p>At the stage of receiving a Notice of Allowance, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) gives you a 30-day period for filing a divisional application (which period can be extended for 30 days by filing a request for extension of time).<\/p>\n<p>If you receive a Decision of Rejection, the JPO gives you a four-month period (non-extendable) for filing a divisional application or filing an appeal.<br \/>\nIn the case of filing an appeal against the Decision of Rejection, you can file a divisional application along with an appeal (of before the filing of an appeal).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Japan, a divisional application can be filed at any &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsinteco.co.jp\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}