Japan Patent Office Publishes Green Transformation Technologies Inventory (GXTI), Helping Enterprises and Others Objectively Explain Their GX Efforts

TOKYO,Oct. 6,2022 --The Green Transformation Technologies Inventory (GXTI),released by the JapanPatent Office (JPO),helps enterprises and others objectively explain their green transformation (GX) efforts. GXTI shows a way to categorize GXtechnologies and how to search for patent documents pertinent to the respectivecategory of GX technology. In line with the recommendations of the Task Forceon Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD),companies are required toobjectively demonstrate how the value they create (products and services) cancontribute to solving climate change issues. GXTI can be used for suchdisclosure of information.

What is GXTI?

GX now underway is shifting the economic,social and industrial structures thathave depended on fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution to structuresdriven by clean energy. GXTI shows how various GX technologies can becategorized,and how patent documents related to each category of GX technologycan be searched. It provides a bird's-eye view of GX technologies through fivelarge technology categories (Level 1) and four transversal perspectives toenable formation of common understanding of GX technology.

Image of GXTI:

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Green Transformation Technologies Inventory (GXTI):

https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/resources/statistics/gxti.html

The technologies inventory was developed after two rounds of discussions by apanel comprising six external experts with in-depth knowledge of GX technologyand released as GXTI in June 2022.

Anyone Can Search Patent Documents Same Way,Disclose Information ObjectivelyGXTI has a hierarchical structure with the large category of Level 1,themedium category of Level 2,which divides the large category,and the smallcategory of Level 3,which further divides the medium category. A patent searchformula is provided for each small category of technology. The patent searchformulae were created using the extensive knowledge of JPO patent examiners ineach field.

Hierarchical Structure of GXTI:

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GXTI is characterized by its published patent search formulae,which allowanyone to conduct a search under the same conditions,and by its formulae basedon the International Patent Classification (IPC),which allows searches ofpatent documents from all over the world. With GXTI,anyone can analyze thepatent information available worldwide and determine one's technical positionand potential for GX technology. This would help to objectively demonstrate how the value created (products and services) by companies can contribute toclimate change issues.

Further Plans by JPO

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The JPO administers the industrial property rights system,which is thecollective name for patents,utility models,designs and trademarks. Thissystem is designed to protect intellectual creations,including inventions,designs and trademarks,to ensure their effective use as well as to contributetoward industrial development.

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