对专利授权确权审查程序中权利要求的理解  

Understanding the Claim in Patent Grant and Confirmation Examination Procedure

作　　者：崔哲勇 

机构地区：[1]国家知识产权局专利复审委员会研究处

出　　处：《知识产权》2016年第10期75-82,共8页Intellectual Property

摘　　要：专利授权确权程序中的权利要求理解重在对权利要求要求保护的技术内容的理解和确定,而非对专利实际保护范围的确定,不应当适用《专利法》第59条。授权和确权程序中,权利要求术语应当理解为其在本领域的通常含义,除非说明书对其进行足够清楚的特别定义的除外。这种通常含义的理解不能脱离权利要求所限定的主题做宽泛的理解,也不能脱离权利要求中的技术特征,将说明书的内容引入权利要求书中。确权程序仍然是对权利要求的技术内容是否符合授权条件进行的审查,因此也应当适用通常含义理解的原则,其程序中的修改方式和原则较授权阶段有更严格的限制是各国通常的做法,不足以得出确权程序适用其他权利要求理解方法的结论。权利要求的理解必须建立在权利要求清楚的前提之下进行,权利要求的理解是对权利要求术语所涵盖的技术内容范围的认定,而非对技术内容本身不清楚的澄清。后者的情况应当适用《专利法》第26条第4款权利要求不清楚的审查规则来解决。The crux in understanding the claim in patent grant and confirmation examination procedure lies in understanding and determination of the claimed technical content of the claims rather than the actual patent protection scope,therefore Article 59 of the Patent Law should not be applied.In the patent grant and confirmation procedure,the terminology in the claim should be understood as its general meaning in respective relevant technical field,unless there is a particular and sufficiently clear definition in the specification.The general meaning should not be interpreted so broadly as breaking away from the subject matter which is circumscribed by the claim,neither can it be understood as irrelevant to the technological features as described in the claim and even introduce the content of the specification into the claim.What the patent confirmation procedure examines is whether the technical content in the claim meets the requirement of patent grant; therefore the understanding of the general meaning should be applied.The methods and principles of modification in patent confirmation procedure are more stringently restricted than those in the grant procedure,which widely practiced throughout the world,therefore it is not accurate to conclude that the patent confirmation procedure can use other methods to understand the claim.The understanding of the claims must be based on the premise that the claim is clear.The understanding of the claim is to determine the scope of the technical content covered by the terminology of the claim,rather than the clarification of the technical content itself.The latter situation should be governed by the examination rules of the 4th paragraph of Article 26 of the Patent Law.

关 键 词：专利确权 权利要求理解 解释 最宽合理 

分 类 号：D923.42[政治法律—民商法学]