We are now at the JR Tower Nikko in Sapporo. Tomorrow a report on the Shinkansen.
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Today is National Inventors’ Day in Japan, the day when the Patent Monopoly Act was enacted on April 18, 1885. It is said that Italy started codified patent law in 1474.
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I bet you didn’t realize the U.S. also has a National Inventors’ Day, on February, 11, the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison? He invented the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, printing telegraph and motion picture camera. Of course, most of these specific technologies are now obsolete, but each concept is being constantly refined.
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The “father” of patent law in Japan is Korekiyo Takahashi, the first patent office direcor. Hmm, wonder if he’s related to Kenjiro or Kenji Takahashi. The first patent was issued to Zuisho Hotta, using a lacquer method for anticorrosion of ship hulls. Hmm, wonder if he is related to Kenji Hotta.
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In 2008, Japan, with 28,744 patents, ranked second to the USA with 53,521. Panasonic is #2 in the world, with Toyota #4. Both countries usually annually process close to half a million patents, so the success rate is between 5 and 10 percent.
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An interesting point was made about the lithium battery, the choice for next generation plug-in vehicles. While the GM Volt will use a South Korean lithium battery, the actual patent is Japanese, so in many ways, Japan will have an edge in this future.
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Leighton Chong has an excellent blog on this subject. He and Dan Bent have been organizing an effort to make Hawaii an international center for patents.
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I bet you didn’t realize the U.S. also has a National Inventors’ Day, on February, 11, the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison? He invented the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, printing telegraph and motion picture camera. Of course, most of these specific technologies are now obsolete, but each concept is being constantly refined.
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The “father” of patent law in Japan is Korekiyo Takahashi, the first patent office direcor. Hmm, wonder if he’s related to Kenjiro or Kenji Takahashi. The first patent was issued to Zuisho Hotta, using a lacquer method for anticorrosion of ship hulls. Hmm, wonder if he is related to Kenji Hotta.
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In 2008, Japan, with 28,744 patents, ranked second to the USA with 53,521. Panasonic is #2 in the world, with Toyota #4. Both countries usually annually process close to half a million patents, so the success rate is between 5 and 10 percent.
.
An interesting point was made about the lithium battery, the choice for next generation plug-in vehicles. While the GM Volt will use a South Korean lithium battery, the actual patent is Japanese, so in many ways, Japan will have an edge in this future.
.
Leighton Chong has an excellent blog on this subject. He and Dan Bent have been organizing an effort to make Hawaii an international center for patents.
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The Dow Jones Industrials rose 6 to 8131, and so did all world markets. Oil stayed above $50/barrel and gold dropped $7/toz too $869.-
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