{"id":3311,"date":"2025-12-10T16:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T07:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T07:24:16","slug":"%e5%88%86%e5%89%b2%e5%87%ba%e9%a1%98%e3%81%ae%e6%9c%89%e7%94%a8%e6%80%a7%e3%81%ab%e6%b0%97%e4%bb%98%e3%81%8d%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81%e3%80%80%e3%83%91%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%ef%bc%92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/en\/en-patents\/%e5%88%86%e5%89%b2%e5%87%ba%e9%a1%98%e3%81%ae%e6%9c%89%e7%94%a8%e6%80%a7%e3%81%ab%e6%b0%97%e4%bb%98%e3%81%8d%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%82%87%e3%81%86%ef%bc%81%e3%80%80%e3%83%91%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%ef%bc%92\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Recognize the Value of Filing a Divisional Application! \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A divisional application allows you to <strong>shift the scope of your invention at any time<\/strong>, as long as you are within a permissible period for filing a divisional.<br>&nbsp; In other words, you may broaden, reframe, or laterally expand your claim scope\u2014<strong>as long as it remains within the disclosure of the original application<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>sole requirement<\/strong> for a valid divisional application is whether the invention claimed in the divisional <strong>is supported by the description or drawings of the original application<\/strong>.<br>&nbsp; This determination is made by <strong>holistically reviewing<\/strong> the entire specification and drawings.<br><strong>&nbsp; This means that the<\/strong><strong>\u3000judgement is made more flexibly than a strict, literal interpretation of the wording would suggest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also significant <strong>timing advantages<\/strong> regarding when a divisional application may be filed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1)  <strong>Within 3 months<\/strong> from the date of service of a notice of decision of refusal (Article 44(1)(iii));<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) <strong>Within 30 days<\/strong> from the date of service of a notice of decision to grant (Article 44(1)(ii)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u30fbParticularly, filing a divisional at the time of the grant decision can be strategically powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u30fbMoreover, if you request an extension of the time limit for paying the patent registration fee, the deadline for filing a divisional is also extended by <strong>30 days<\/strong> (fee: JPY 2,100).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2605 You can obtain rights <strong>in a scope different from that examined<\/strong> in the original application.<br>\u2003\u2192 This enables you to respond flexibly to changes in your company\u2019s business strategy after the original filing.<br>\u2003\u2192 You can adjust or broaden your claim scope to counter the movements of collaborating partners or competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To be continued in Part 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A divisional application allows you to shift the scope of your invention at any time, as long as you are within a permissible period for filing a divisional.&nbsp; In other words, you may broaden, reframe,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/?p=3309","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en-patents","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3315,"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sakae-pat.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}