RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/238/Add.1
23 May 2001
(01-2623)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Follow-up Questions Posed by Japan to Bolivia
Addendum
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of Japan, dated 22 May 2001, the
Secretariat has received the following follow-up questions addressed to Bolivia.  These questions
follow up Bolivia's responses, contained in docume nt IP/C/W/251, to the initial questions posed by
Japan contained in document IP/C/W/238.
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A.P ATENTS
1. Please indicate whether or not a chemical substance (not a living thing nor procedure)
described in Japan's earlier Question 3(3) is deemed an invention.
2. Please indicate whether or not the subject matters of items (d), (h), (i), and (j) of Japan’s
earlier Question 4 are deemed inventions.  Please also provide replies as to items (l) and (o),
indicating whether or not the subject matters of such items are deemed inventions (please note your
answer as to item (n) is likely the answer as to item (o) and provide, if needed, a revised answer as to
item (n)).
3. As to Japan’s earlier Question 5, please explain how you relate a copy of the contract for
access to genetic resources and a copy of the documents certifying the authorization to use of
traditional knowledge to "information concerning the applicant’s corresponding foreign applications
and grants" stipulated in Article 29.2 of the TRIPS Agreement though such copies are rarely required
in foreign applications and grants.
4. As to Japan’s earlier Question 6, please explain how a known chemical compound whose
therapeutic use was not known can be patented under Section 21 of the Decision 486.  How about a
known chemical compound whose insecticidal use was not known?
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