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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: 2024-12-17 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878945879.html 2020 (Gyo-Ke) 10110 [Method of Strengthening Blood Vessels] <Kanno> “The Ko 1-3 invention contains no description or suggestion of

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-16 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878881346.html 2019 (Gyo-Ke) 10120 [Oil-Cooled Screw Compressor] <Tsuruoka> *A general problem *No teaching away: failure to prove t

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Support requirement First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-11 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878219145.html Tokyo District Court, 2020 (Wa) 22071 [Liquid Cleansing Agent for Removing Keratin Plugs] <Kokubu> *Although the problem secti

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: 2024-12-18 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12879064177.html 2020 (Gyo-Ke) 10032 [Imaging Apparatus] <Kanno> *Claiming an effect ⇒ A difference, because the cited invention does not achieve th

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Novelty First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-12 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878353710.html 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10123 [Tableware] <Otaka> *The court held that detailed dimensions could not be read from the catalog photog

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-15 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878750393.html 2020 (Gyo-Ke) 101341 [System for Controlling Distribution and Viewing of Digital Art over the Internet

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: 2024-12-07 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12877743594.html 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10069 [PTH-Containing Agent for Treating/Preventing Osteoporosis] <Kanno> *Remarkable effects denied ⇒ Inventive step

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Other Japanese law Topics: — First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-10 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878154847.html 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10080 [Graphic Display Medium] <Honda> *The cited reference contains no limitation. ⇒ Evidence from the filing date sh

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Motivation and teaching away First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-06 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12877625987.html 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10165 [Delivered-Package Storage Apparatus] <Shoji> “Invention 1 in Exhibit Ko 2 … is hung … outside th

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Support requirement First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-02 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12877134847.html 2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10059 [Glass] <Motoyoshi> *A desirable numerical range was claimed. ⇒ The upper and lower limits need not match