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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: 2025-01-28 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12884147129.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10107 [Induction Heating Coil Unit] <Hibiku Shimizu> “From the principle of induction heating … electrically insulati

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: 2025-02-04 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12885143547.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10053 [Pellicle Film] <Miyasaka> *Rough arguments that the cited reference necessarily satisfies the condition, or th

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Clarity 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-12878155229.html 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10072 [Amplifier Output Circuit] <Honda> “The plaintiff's argument that the cited and claimed inventions dif

日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Other Japanese law 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: 2024-12-10 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878155081.html 2020 (Gyo-Ke) 10071 [Agent for Treating/Preventing Osteoporosis] <Kanno> *Common general t

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: 2024-12-14 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12878638981.html 2021 (Gyo-Ke) 10006 [X-Ray Inspection Apparatus] <Kanno> *The problems of the primary and secondary r

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: 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