Simply submitting a patent specification to the Patent Office (filing an application) is not enough to obtain a patent right.

You must file a request to have your invention examined by the Patent Office within three years of filing the application.

This is called a "request for application examination".

By filing this request, the battle between the patent examiner and the applicant (inventor) will begin for the first time.

If you do not file a claim, you cannot have your invention upgraded to a patented invention (i.e., you cannot obtain a patent right).

However, the "request for application examination" is expensive.

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Patent application 14,000 yen

Request for application examination: 138,000 yen + (number of claims x 4,000 yen)

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So, in an ordinary company, the number of requests for application examination is narrowed down in relation to the number of applications.

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Now, who makes the decision on this "request for application examination"? -- in many cases, the inventor himself/herself.

This is because it is extremely difficult to understand other people's inventions.

However, there is a problem here.

There are two types of inventors in a company.

(1) Those who have made a very good invention, but their self-evaluation level is too low and they easily give up on their request for application examination.

(2) Those who request application examination too frequently because their self-evaluation level is too high, even though their invention is terribly mediocre.

In other words,

"Excellent inventions are not requested for application examination, while mediocre inventions are requested for application examination."

This above situation occurs.

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And what type of person am I, of course, (2) above.

In a sense, it is a true that in a company (or rather, society), "those who make a fuss" are stronger than "those who make an effort" or "those who are capable".

I know it is a disgusting story.