浅议禁止反悔原则的适用--从J某与LF公司专利侵权案看禁止反悔之明确否定  

On the Application of Estoppel Principle

作　　者：孙长龙 SUN Changlong(Unitalen Law Office,Beijing 100004)

机构地区：[1]北京市集佳律师事务所,北京100004

出　　处：《中国发明与专利》2020年第4期111-117,共7页China Invention & Patent

摘　　要：授权阶段和无效阶段专利权人限缩性修改或意见陈述,如果导致技术方案放弃的,一般应适用禁止反悔原则,但是在授权阶段的审查意见通知书中因其一般系审查员主动发起或为中间文件的原因,通常不宜直接作为"明确否定"的依据,需要根据案件的具体情况进行判断。"明确否定"应当是指以明示的方式作出否定性的意思表示,而不能是推定的具有否定性意思表示。如果审查员对于专利权人的限缩性修改或意见陈述未置可否的,不论该限缩性修改或意见陈述是否是维持专利权有效的原因,也不宜作为"明确否定"的依据。The patentee’s restrictive modification or option statement should generally apply the principle of estoppel if it resulted in technical solutions to give up during the authorization phase and the invalidation phase. However, in the office action at the authorization stage, because it is generally initiated by the inspector or as an intermediate document, it is generally not appropriate to directly used as a basis for "explicit negation", and it is needed to be judged according to the specific circumstances of the case. "explicit negation" shall mean expressly making a negative meaning expression, but not a presumed one. If the inspector has not made any restrictive amendments or statements of opinion to the patentee, regardless of whether the restrictive amendments or statements of opinion are the reason for maintaining the validity of the patent right, it should not be used as a basis for "explicit negation".

关 键 词：禁止反悔原则 技术方案的放弃 授权确权程序 明确否定 

分 类 号：D923.42[政治法律—民商法学]