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29 June 2022Jurisdiction reportsRyo Maruyama

Japan: The end of ‘multi-multi claims’

As of April 1, 2022, “Multi-multi claims“ are restricted by a Ministerial Order amendment referring to “claims that selectively cite two or more other claims and claims that selectively cite the citations of two or more other claims.“

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