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A.2025年の2025年度における特許審査官の定員(任期付を含む)は1668名。
出典: 特許庁『特許庁ステータスレポート2026 第2部 第1章 審査・審判』2026年3月公表
1668名
2025年度における特許審査官の定員(任期付を含む)
Chapter 1 第1章 Examinations/Trials and Appeals 審査・審判 1 Patents / 特許 The JPO's basic principle is to implement various support measures for the creation of innovation, based on the world's fastest and utmost quality patent examinations. Under this principle, the JPO is steadily implementing policies that focus on maintaining speed by enhancing the resilience of patent examination, further improving quality, supporting the creation of innovation in response to environmental changes, and promoting intellectual property (IP) diplomacy. 特許庁は、世界最速・最高品質の特許審査を基礎としたイノベーションの創出に向けた各種支援策を講ずることを基本方針として、特許審査のレジリエンス向上による迅速性の維持、質の更なる向上、環境変化に対応したイノベーションの創出支援、知財外交の推進を中心とする施策を着実に実施している。 1 Examination Performance To accelerate the intellectual creation cycle, comprised of intellectual creation, establishment of rights, and utilization of rights, the JPO speeded up examination and shortened total pendency. [Figure 2-1-1] [Figure 2-1-2] 1 審査実績 知的創造、権利設定、権利活用の知的創造サイクルを加速するために、審査を迅速化し、権利化までの期間を短縮した。 [2-1-1図] [2-1-2図] 2 Initiatives to Speed up Examinations (i) Securing the Necessary Number of Examiners In order to maintain and strengthen the patent examination system, the JPO is working to secure the necessary number of patent examiners, including fixed-term examiners. For FY2025, the JPO secured a capacity of 1,668 examiners (including fixed-term examiners). (ii) Outsourcing Prior Art Searches By outsourcing prior art searches to registered search organizations, the JPO promotes the speeding up of examinations and improves examination quality through utilization of the private sector. As of November 2025, there were 9 registered search organizations. In FY2025, approx. 120 thousand searches were outsourced, all of which involved searching patent documents in Japanese. Some also included searching patent documents in English (approx. 92 thousand), in Chinese or Korean (approx. 28 thousand in total), and in German (approx. 4 thousand). 2 審査の迅速化に関する取組 (i) 審査官の確保 特許審査体制の整備・強化のため、任期付審査官を含め、必要な審査...