2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10127 [Celecoxib] <Miyasaka> (Second judgment) — Correction satisfies support; clarity not satisfied
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Support requirement, Clarity First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-04 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12858605429.html 2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10127 [Celecoxib] <Miyasaka> (Second judgment) *The correction satisfied the support requirement. Clari
[Patent/Employee Invention] 2023 (Ne) 10090 <Hibiku Shimizu> — (Joint) inventor status denied
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Employee inventions, Creators and inventors First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-03 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12858472717.html [Patent/Employee Invention] 2023 (Ne) 10090 <Hibiku Shimizu> The contribution was only to a part found
Osaka District Court, 2003 (Wa) 10959 [Aluminum-Based Sputtering Target Material] <Yamada>
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Numerical limitations and parameters First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-10 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12859340371.html Osaka District Court, 2003 (Wa) 10959 [Aluminum-Based Sputtering Target Material] <Yamada> To determine wheth
2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10054 [Protective Member] <Shoji> — Different from the premise of the publicly worked invention ⇒ Inventive step satisfied
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-07 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12858973126.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10054 [Protective Member] <Shoji> Contrary to the “premise” of the publicly worked invention (Exhibit Ko 8), “providin
2023 (Ne) 10071 [Chip Fuse] <Miyasaka> — No equivalence
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Doctrine of equivalents First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-05 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12858729219.html 2023 (Ne) 10071 [Chip Fuse] <Miyasaka> ⇒ Doctrine of equivalents: not establ
2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10020 [Steel Pipe Pile Pier] <Honda>
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Support requirement First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-02 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12858354238.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10020 [Steel Pipe Pile Pier] <Honda> *Although the specification described only examples under p
2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10057 [Spray Products] <Honda>
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Creators and inventors, Working of inventions First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: July 1, 2024 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12858278372.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10057 [Spray Products] <Honda> Examples were added at the time of filing Priority App


Deletion of All Claims Is Permitted in the JPO’s Q&A
Deletion of all claims is permitted in the JPO’s Q&A. I should therefore keep it in mind as a last resort for satisfying the requirement of restriction of claims in the parent-child-grandchild divisional-application problem. https://www.jpo.go.jp/faq/yokuaru/shinpan/document/inde
The JPO’s “Toward Strategic Intellectual Property Management” (2007)
I came across this sentence: “Propose research and development themes based on the ‘problem’ sections of other companies’ published patent applications.” Was this a novel perspective in 2007? Could we now conduct such research using generative AI? https://www.jpo.go.jp/resources/
Osaka District Court, 2022 (Wa) 3344 — Method for Producing a High-Purity PTH-Containing Lyophilized Preparation (Takemiya)
① ★ “Suppressing contact with ozone at 0.1 ppm or less” in Claim Limitation 1C need only be achieved by some method. ⇒ Satisfied. ② ★ Novelty / inventive step affirmed on the basis that the purpose differs from the prior art. * If “suppressing contact with ozone at 0.1 ppm or les