When is the due date for filing a national phase application derived from a PCT application?
The due date for the national entry in Japan is 30 months from the first priority date regardless of whatever a demand under Chapter II was filed within 19 months of the first priority date (as of September 1, 2002). If the national entry request is filed within 28 months of the first priority date, the translation must be filed no more than two months after the date of entry.
