LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 28, 2013) - MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCQB: MMRF) ("MMR") today announced that the Japan Patent Office has allowed Patent Application No. 2008-529977 directed toward a Method and System for Providing Online Medical Records. The resulting patent will include 40 claims relating to accessing health records through a web site, collecting health records directly from healthcare providers, and managing the records such as by organizing the documents, applying additional password protection, and electronically sending the health records to healthcare providers. Additional patent applications are also pending in Japan.