On-line Questionnaire
for Industrial Property Digital Library Visitors

This questionnaire is carried out so that we may grasp your request and opinion on the Industrial Property
Digital Library (IPDL), and make good use of them for improving our service.
Please fill out the questionnaire below.
1. Sex  

2. Age  

3. The location of your house or company   (less than 100 characters)  
(Country)

4. Occupation (Indispensable Item)
Small and medium-sized company (owner,employee)   Office worker (except Small and medium-sized company)  
Self-employed worker   Research company employee   Patent law office employee   University researcher  
Government official   Student   Homemaker   Unemployed  
Other(less than 80 characters)  

5. Where did you know the IPDL?
JPO homepage   INPIT homepage   Event halls   Newspaper, magazine, technical magazine, etc   Acquaintance
Other(less than 80 characters)  

6. What are the main purposes using IPDL service?(check all relevant items)
First-to-file, prior art searches Investigations of other companies' activity Check for the scope of right Collection of technical know-how
Other(less than 80 characters)  

7. From where do you most often access the IPDL?
Home   Office   School
Other(less than 80 characters)  

8. How often do you use the IPDL? (Indispensable Item)

9. How long do you use the IPDL at one sitting?

10. Have you ever made an application?(check all relevant items) (Indispensable Item)
Patent Utility model Design Trademark Never

11. If you have ever made an application (in the above No.10), how many applications did you make in the last one year?

12. What is the reason for using the IPDL service? (check all relevant items) (Indispensable Item)
Available on the Internet Various search functions Large database of patent information Easy to search
Free of charge There is no other patent information service you know
Other(less than 80 characters)  

13. Which of the IPDL services do you use often? (check all relevant items)
1.Patent&Utility Model Patent & Utility Model Gazette DB
Patent & Utility Model Concordance
FI/F-term Search
PAJ
Patent Map Guidance
2.Design Design Gazette DB
Design Classification Search
3.Trademark Japanese Trademark Database
Japanese Figure Trademarks
Japanese Well-Known Trademark
List of Goods and Services
4.Database Contents  
5.Other (less than 80 characters)
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14. What do you think the convenience of the IPDL? (Indispensable Item)

15. If you answered "hard"(in the above No.14), what point is hard to use specifically?(less than 200 characters)
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16. What kind of service improvement will be expected from now on? (check all relevant items)
Improvement of search speed (less than 200 characters)  
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Expansion of the accumulation data range (less than 200 characters)  
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Improvement of a display function (less than 200 characters)  
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Improvement of a search service (less than 200 characters)  
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Improvement of a printing function (less than 200 characters)  
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Improvement of a filing function (less than 200 characters)  
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Addition of new service (less than 200 characters)  
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Requests to the help desk (less than 200 characters)  
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Other (less than 200 characters)  
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Especially nothing

17. In addition, if you have other requests or opinions on the IPDL service, please write them concretely below.
In detail: (less than 400 characters)  
Thank you very much for your cooperation!

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