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Operational Guidelines on Treatment of Internet Data as Prior Art
December 10, 1999 Examination Standards Office Coordination Division
Section 29(1) of the Japanese Patent Law (JPL)
Any person who has made an invention which is industrially applicable may obtain a patent therefor, except in the case of the following inventions:
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(iii) inventions which have been described in a publication distributed in Japan or elsewhere or inventions which became available to the general public through telecommunication lines in such places prior to the filing of the patent application
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