专利申请人的信息披露义务,就是要求申请人将其知悉的、对申请的可专利性有重要影响的信息,主动提供给专利行政机关。信息披露义务的科学构建和恰当履行,有助于降低审查信息的搜索成本,有助于提升专利申请和审查的质量,有助于建立诚信的专利运行体系。根据违反义务所需承担法律责任的不同,信息披露义务可以区分为强法律责任、弱法律责任和无法律责任三种立法模式。我国专利法的规定属无法律责任模式,这导致我国专利信息披露义务的虚置化,严重影响了专利制度价值目标的实现。应当从信息披露义务的主体、应为披露的内容、披露的时间和方式等方面重构我国专利信息披露制度,同时为违反信息披露义务的行为规定明确的法律责任。

The patent applicant"s obligation to disclose information is to require the applicant to provide information that he knows and has an important impact on the patentability of the application to the patent administration on his own initiative. The scientific construction and proper performance of information disclosure obligations will help to reduce the search cost of information under examination, improve the quality of patent application and examination, and help to establish an honest patent operation system. According to the different legal responsibilities, information disclosure obligations can be divided into three legislative models: strong legal liability, weak legal liability and no legal liability. China"s Patent Law is a non-legal liability model, which leads to the vacuity of information disclosure obligations, seriously affecting the realization of the value objectives of the patent system. We should reconstruct the patent information disclosure system in China from the aspects of the subject of information disclosure obligation, the content of disclosure, the time and manner of disclosure, and at the same time stipulate clear legal liability for the violation of information disclosure obligation.

内蒙古哲学社会科学规划项目“‘中国制造2025’视阈下内蒙古制造业知识产权战略构建与实施机制研究”（项目编号：2016NDB091）