Date of Judgment: March 25, 2002
Issuing Authority: Supreme Court
Level of the Issuing Authority: Final Instance
Type of Procedure: Judicial(Administrative)
Subject Matter: Patent(Inventions)
Summary of the judgment (decision):
A joint holder of a patent is entitled on his own to initiate an action to have a decision of the Patent Office revoked, if a decision was made to annul the patent on the basis of a patent objection.
(Translated by Sir Ernest Satow Chair of Japanese Law, University College, University of London)