Past research（FY1999）
The following is a list of invited researchers, research fellows and dispatched researchers who conducted research in fiscal 1999 commissioned by the Japan Patent Office. In the column "Invited" is a researcher invited from a foreign country, "Overseas" is a researcher dispatched to a foreign research institute.
| Classification | Name／Affirication | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Invited | Robert H. Pitkethly
[University Lecturer in Management Studies University of Oxford]  |
Patent Valuation and Patents Statistics |
| Invited | Reiko Aoki [Senior Lecturer in the Economic Department University of Auckland] | Economic Analysis of Public Disclosure of Patent Applications |
| Invited | Chin-Hsien Lee [Chin-Hsien Lee] | Now and Future of Opposition and Trial for Invalidation in Taiwan |
| Invited | Maria Theresa M. Cortes [Attorney at Law The Republic of the Philippines] |
A Comparative Study of the Japanese and Philippine Patent and Trademark Systems |
| Overseas | Ryuta Hirashima [Associate Professor of Law University of Tsukuba] | Changes in Subject Matter under the U.S. Patent Law - Focusing on the so-called "business method exception" - |