Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 3 months from the date of promulgation.However, the provisions of Article 12, Article 13 and paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of Article 14 come into effect as of April 1, 1999.

Article 2(1)Equity investors other than the Government and the Japan Development Bank may request the return of their equity interest, only during the period up to the day on which one month has elapsed from the date on which the Act comes into effect.

(2)When there is a request pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the fund must conduct return of equity interest by the amount corresponding to the amount of contribution for the relevant equity interest notwithstanding the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act on Designated Facility Improvement.In this case, the fund is to decrease its stated capital by the returned amount.

Article 3Concerning the payment of patent fees to be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 107 of the Patent Act, the fees to be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 195 of the same Act, or the fees to be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 40 of the Act on Special Measures of Procedures, etc. Concerning Industrial Property Rights, with respect to patent rights or the right to grant of patent (limited to those listed in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of Industrial Technology Enhancement Act (Act No. 44 of 2000)) or to patent rights obtained based on the right to grant of the relevant patent (limited to those pertaining to patent application filed on or before March 31, 2007 (excluding those deemed to have been filed on or after April 1 of the same year, but deemed, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 44 of the Patent Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of Article 46 of the same Act), to have been filed on or before March 31 of the same year)), the assignment of which rights having been received by an accredited TLO from a national university corporation (meaning a national university corporation prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the National University Corporation Act), an inter-university research institute corporation (referring to an inter-university research institute corporation prescribed in paragraph (3) of the same Article), or from an Institute of National Colleges of Technology (Incorporated Administrative Agency), and said rights belonging to the accredited TLO, under these conditions the accredited TLO is deemed to be the national government and the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 107, paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) of Article 195 of the Patent Act as well as paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of Article 40 of the Act on Special Measures of Procedures, etc. Concerning Industrial Property Rights apply.

Article 4Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages before the date on which this Act comes into effect.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the date of promulgation.

Article 14Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages before this Act (with regard to the provisions provided for in the proviso of the supplementary provisions, Article 1, the relevant provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and to conduct that a person engages after this Act comes into effect but which, pursuant to this supplementary provisions, is continue to be governed by prior laws.

Article 15Transitional measures necessary for enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order, in addition to those provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 1This Act (excluding Article 2 and 3) comes into effect as of January 6, 2001.

Article 1This Act (excluding Article 1) comes into effect as of January 6, 2001.

Article 4The particulars necessary for enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order in addition to those provided for in the preceding two Articles.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within the period not exceeding 3 months from the date of promulgation.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as "effective date") and is applied to short-term bonds, etc. issued after the effective date.

Article 7Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages before the enforcement date and to conduct that a person engages after the enforcement date but which, pursuant to this supplementary provisions, is remain in force.

Article 8The transitional measures necessary for enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order, in addition to those provided for in these Supplementary Provisions.

Article 9When five years have passed after enforcement of this Act, the Government is to consider the enforcement status of this Act and changes of the social and economic situation and examine systems relating to transfer institutions, and, if it finds necessary, take required measures based on the results.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of January 6, 2003.

Article 84Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages before this Act (with regard to the provisions provided for in the any items of the supplementary provisions, Article 1, the relevant provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and to conduct that a person engages after this Act comes into effect but which, pursuant to the provisions of these supplementary provisions, is continue to be governed by prior laws..

Article 85In addition to what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 86When five years have passed since the enforcement of this Act, the government is to review systems pertaining to protective trusts prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (11) of the New Act on the Transfer of Corporate Bonds, etc., clearing agencies for securities transactions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (31) of the New Securities and Exchange Act, and clearing agencies for financial futures prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (15) of the New Financial Futures Trading Act, by taking into account the state of enforcement of the New Act on the Transfer of Corporate Bonds, etc., the New Securities and Exchange Act and the New Financial Futures Trading Act, changes in socioeconomic situations, etc., and is to, when it finds it necessary, take necessary measures based on the results of the review.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the time of establishment of the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation (hereinafter referred to as the "Organization").

Article 51Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages before this Act (with regard to the provisions listed in any items in the proviso of the supplementary provisions, Article 1, the relevant provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and to conduct that a person engages after this Act comes into effect but which, pursuant to the provisions of these supplementary provisions, is continue to be governed by prior laws.

Article 52In addition to those provided for in this Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for an enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of January 1, 2004; provided, however, the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in those items:

Article 8(1)Concerning the patent fee, registration fee or other charge to be paid with respect to patent rights or utility model rights (hereinafter referred to as "patent rights, etc.") or the right to grant of patent or the right to receive a utility model registration (limited to patent applications filed prior to the partial enforcement date (excluding patent applications pertaining to the division, etc. of a patent application prior to the partial enforcement date) or utility model registration applications filed prior to the partial enforcement date (excluding the utility model registration application pertaining to the division etc. of a utility model registration application prior to the partial enforcement date); hereinafter referred to as "rights to grant of, etc.") or Patent Rights, etc. obtained based on the right to receive said patent, these rights being owned by the national government and pertaining to research results related to technologies of national universities and having been assigned, prior to the date of partial enforcement, to a person (in paragraph (3) referred to as a "national university related certified business operator") who has received the accreditation of paragraph (1) of Article 12 of the Act on the Promotion of Technology Transfer from Universities to the Private Sector prior to its amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, (hereinafter referred to as the "Old Universities, etc. Technology Transfer Promotion Act"), the provisions of paragraph (4), paragraph (6), paragraph (8) and paragraph (10) of the same Article 12, and paragraph (4), paragraph (6), paragraph (8) of the same Article that apply mutatis mutandis to the same paragraphs remain in force even on or after the date of partial enforcement.

(2)Concerning the patent fee, registration fee or other charge to be paid with respect to patent rights, etc. or the rights to grant of patent, etc. or the patent rights, etc. obtained based on the right to grant of patent, etc., these rights being owned by a Research and Development Incorporated Administrative Agency (hereinafter referred to simply as "research and development incorporated administrative agency") and pertaining to research results related to technologies of the relevant research and development incorporated administrative agency and having been assigned, prior to the date of partial enforcement, to a person who has received an accreditation pursuant to paragraph (1) of Article 13 of the Old Universities, etc. Technology Transfer Promotion Act (limited to persons who conduct the operation of transferring research results related to technologies of research and development incorporated administrative agencies prescribed in the same paragraph to private businesses who intend to utilize these research results; in the next paragraph referred to as "research and development incorporated administrative agency-related certified business operators "), the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) in the same Article, the provisions of paragraph (4), paragraph (6) and paragraph (8) of Article 12 in the Old Universities, etc. Technology Transfer Promotion Act that apply mutatis mutandis to paragraph (2) of same Article, the provisions of paragraph (10) of Article 12 of the Old Universities, etc. Technology Transfer Promotion Act that apply mutatis mutandis to paragraph (3) of Article 13 of the Old Universities, etc. Technology Transfer Promotion Act, and paragraph (4), paragraph (6) and paragraph (8) of the same Article that apply mutatis mutandis to same paragraph remain in force, even after the partial effective date.

(3)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, the provisions of paragraph (6) and paragraph (8) of Article 12 of the amended Act on the Promotion of Technology Transfer from Universities to The Private Sector apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which a patent right, etc. or the rights to grant of patent, etc. provided in the preceding paragraph (2) involve joint ownership between either a national university related certified business operators or a research and development incorporated administrative agency related certified business operators and a party other than those.

Article 17Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages before this Act and to conduct that a person engages after this Act comes into effect but which, pursuant to the provisions of these supplementary provisions, is continue to be governed by prior laws.

Article 18In addition to what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 19When five years have elapsed since the enforcement of the provisions listed in item (ii) of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, the government is to examine the status of enforcement of the provisions of the New Patent Act, Article 107, paragraph (1) and item (i) to item (iv) and item (vi) of the Appended Table, and is to take necessary measures based on those results.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2004.

Article 38Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 39In addition to what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 40When five years have elapsed since the enforcement of this Act, the government is to, while taking into account the status of implementation of respective provisions revised by this Act and changes in the socioeconomic circumstances, review relevant financial systems revised by this Act, and take measures as required based on review results where it finds it necessary.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2004.

Article 7Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages in before the enforcement of this Act and after the enforcement but which, pursuant to the provisions of these supplementary provisions, is to continue to be governed by prior laws.

Article 8In addition to what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect according to the classifications listed in the following items and as of the date or time specified in each relevant item:

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding five years from the date of promulgation (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date").

Article 135Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages in before the enforcement of this Act and after the enforcement but which, pursuant to the provisions of these supplementary provisions, is to continue to be governed by prior laws and remain in force.

Article 136In addition to what is provided for in the supplementary provisions, transitional measure necessary for enactment of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 137When five years have elapsed since the enforcement of this Act, the government is to, while taking into account the status of implementation of respective provisions amended by this Act and changes in the socioeconomic circumstances, review the settlement systems pertaining to stock trading, etc. as revised by this Act, and take measures as required based on review results where it finds it necessary.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.

Article 7Regarding the reduction of, exemption from or granting of a grace period for the payment of patent fees that have already been paid prior to the date on which this Act comes into effect or that should have been paid prior to said date, the provisions in force at that time remain applicable, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Promotion of Technology Transfer from Universities to the Private Sector after the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 6.

Article 11In addition to what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for an enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.