Further, judges who had experience with IP were assisted by technical assistants called Chosa-kan, who were senior examiners dispatched by the JPO and well-experienced patent attorneys temporarily appointed by the Supreme Court of Japan.
Definition. Arthralgia means pain in a joint. Polyarthralgia means pain in several joints (two or more for the purposes of this discussion). Arthritis is a diagnosis and is not a symptom; its diagnosis requires the physical signs of articular inflammation or the physical or roentgenographic signs of osteoarthritis. The major disorders associated with arthritis (and hence with arthralgia) are summarized in Table 159.2 in the preceding chapter.
Myalgia Definition. Myalgia is not a medical disorder or disease but more of a symptom of an existing underlying condition. Myalgia is known as a muscle ache or muscle pain. It is a common condition that almost everyone has had at one time or another.