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[Monitoring system] (Presiding Judge Takahashi) Inventive step denied, with "GPS BoT," the plaintiff's own publicly worked invention, as the primary reference. (Translation of the quoted judgment)

日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-31 Case number: Heisei 25 (Gyo-Ke) 10209 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 25 (Gyo-Ke) 10209 [Agent for Suppressing Vascular Intimal Thickening] <Shimizu> * The claim is not framed as an agent for suppressing vascular intimal thickening!! (Incorporating effects into the claim) ⇒ It

日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-30 Case number: Heisei 20 (Gyo-Ke) 10366 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 20 (Gyo-Ke) 10366 [Gastritis Treatment Agent] <Iimura> * Criteria for assessing inventive step of second-medical-use inventions * Proof through post-filing literature and opinion letters counteracting a teach

日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-30 Case number: Heisei 15 (Gyo-Ke) 405 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 15 (Gyo-Ke) 405 [Substituted 1,3-Oxathiolanes with Antiviral Activity] <Sato> ‘Even if cross-resistance is likely ... there is strong motivation to conduct experiments to confirm the drug's efficacy ... and simp

日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-28 Case number: Heisei 17 (Gyo-Ke) 10717 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 17 (Gyo-Ke) 10717 [... Siloxane ...] <Tsukahara> * Planarization is essential in the primary reference, but the secondary reference is unsuitable for it. ⇒ A teaching away exists!! ‘The overcoat layer of Cit

日本語版 / Japanese version Article information Type: Case note Classification: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away First published on this site: 2023-12-27 Case number: Heisei 27 (Gyo-Ke) 10190 Display and classification checked: 2026-11-14 Heisei 27 (Gyo-Ke) 10190 [Method for Reducing Environmental Pollutants in Oils or Fats] <Tsuruoka> * Replacing some steps of the cited invention with well-known technology would leave two of its three problems unsolv

A 2015 update introducing a draft revision of the examination guidelines on inventive step and the proceedings of the relevant Japan Patent Office working group.