1, Japanese invention patent application process: prepare patent application documents → submit the application to the Japan Patent Office → accept (the Japan Patent Office issues an acceptance notice) → make public (the Japan Patent Office makes public the patent application documents within 18 months from the date of application) → request substantive examination (the applicant shall request substantive examination within three years from the date of application) → substantive examination (the Japan Patent Office conducts substantive examination on the patent application) And the applicant will reply to the notice of examination opinions) → authorization and announcement (if the patent application meets the relevant legal requirements, the Japanese Patent Office will grant the invention-creation patent right and announce the authorized patent).

2. Process of Japanese utility model patent application: prepare patent application documents → submit the application to the Japan Patent Office → accept (the Japan Patent Office issues an acceptance notice) → formal review (the Japan Patent Office examines whether there are obvious substantive defects in the patent application and conducts formal review) → authorization and announcement (if the patent application meets the relevant legal requirements, the Japan Patent Office grants the invention-creation patent right and announces the authorized patent).

3. Application process of Japanese design patent: prepare patent application documents → submit an application to Japan Patent Office → accept (Japan Patent Office issues an acceptance notice) → review (Japan Patent Office reviews the application) → authorize and announce (if the application meets the legal requirements, Japan Patent Office will grant the application for Japanese design and announce the authorization).