中英两国专利创造性判断对比研究

Comparative Study of Inventive Judgment in China and UK Patents

摘要:

我国通常采用“三步法”进行专利创造性判断,但专利审查指南中对各步骤需考量的因素解释不足,导致在判断是否显而易见时存在一定主观性。英国采用“四步法”进行专利创造性判断,明确提到了发明构思,其具有一定借鉴意义。本文从中英两国专利创造性的具体判断方法出发,找出两者的异同,并分析了发明构思的内涵以及其在创造性判断中的作用,给出了在“三步法”中运用发明构思进行创造性判断的具体操作方法。同时结合两个实际案例阐述了发明构思对创造性判断结果的影响。将发明构思融于“三步法”的各个步骤中,有助于对专利创造性作出更加客观公正的判断。

关键词:创造性;“三步法”;“四步法”;发明构思;中国;英国

Abstract:

China usually adopts a "three-step approach" for patent inventive judgment, however, under-explaining the factors required for each step in patent examination guidelines, leading to some subjectivity when judging is obvious or not. UK adopts a "four-step approach" for patent inventive judgment, in which the inventive concept is explicitly mentioned, with certain reference significance. This paper starts from the inventive judgment method in China and UK patents to find out the similarities and differences, and analyzing the connotation of the inventive concept and its effect in creative judgment, a specific method of operation for making inventive judgment using the inventive concept in a "three-step process" is given. At the same time, two practical cases are combined to explain the influence of inventive concept on the result of inventive judgment. Integrating the inventive concept into each step of the "three-step process" , which will help to make a more objective and fair judgment on the creativity of the patents.

Key words:inventive; ";three-step method";; ";four-step method";; inventive concepts; China; UK