Japan IP Court to review JPO cancellations of Keyence factory-dashboard patents
By Toko Sekiguchi ( June 4, 2026, 08:32 GMT | Insight) -- One of Japan’s leading factory-automation companies is challenging two Japan Patent Office decisions that cancelled related patents for PLC dashboard technology after opposition from a small Japanese company.One of Japan’s leading factory-automation companies is challenging two Japan Patent Office, or JPO, decisions that cancelled related patents for programmable logic controllers, or PLC, dashboard technology after opposition from a small Japanese company....
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