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Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 7 (Wa) 70141, “Inactivated vaccine preparation” (Presiding Judge 中島) Failure to meet the support requirement (+ lack of inventive step) “Lactococcus garvieae of a serotype that is neither KG− nor KG+” also includes type III Lactococcus garvieae, observed from 2021 onward. The specification contains no disclosure whatsoever of a vaccine preparation against streptococcosis caused by type III bacteria, and an inacti

Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Article / Patents] Examining the patentability of impurity claims (松岡徹, Patent, July 2024) Under what conditions does a claim that numerically limits only the impurity content of a known substance satisfy “inventive step” and the “support requirement”? 1. Inventive step: The “limits” of conventional methods are key Reducing impurities itself is often considered an “obvious problem.” Inventive step therefore depends on whether the value is

Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [IP Practice Online] Introduction of important patent judgments newly included in "Patent Case Law Encyclopedia, 4th edition" (Chizai Juku) (Hideki Takaishi, Nakamura & Partners) [Some case introductions omitted] 1. Central message of the video How the "problem of the invention" is set in the specification affects all of the support requirement, enablement, inventive step, addition of new matter, claim interpretation and satisfaction of cla

Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む I have uploaded the materials to another page, so please refer to them. A “qualitatively different effect” is not the “effect” itself..., English translation of the Japanese article.