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JAPAN PATENT LAW

LAW NO. 121 OF APRIL 13, 1959, AS LAST AMENDED ON MAY 6, 1998

Effective as of June 1, 1998

39.  FIRST TO FILE RULE

39.  (1)  Where two or more patent applications relating to the same invention are filed on different dates, only the first applicant may obtain a patent for the invention.

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