2022 (Ne) 10055 [Specified Heat-Treated Meat Products] <Shoji> — Use of a particular measurement method could be recognized
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: 2024-07-22 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12860831474.html 2022 (Ne) 10055 [Specified Heat-Treated Meat Products] <Shoji> *Although not stated in the specification, it w
2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10110 [Steel Pipe Sheet Pile Quay] <Miyasaka> — Obviousness of a mathematical formula at issue
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Numerical limitations and parameters First published on this website: 2026-11-01 Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026 Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-09 (Japan time). Full English translation. https://ameblo.jp/hideki-takaishi/entry-12859226993.html 2022 (Gyo-Ke) 10110 [Steel Pipe Sheet Pile Quay] <Miyasaka> *The issue was the obviousness of
2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10046 [Liquid Cleansing Agent for Removing Keratin Plugs] <Miyasaka>
日本語原文 / Japanese original Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Numerical limitations and parameters, Support requirement, Added matter 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-12858971879.html 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10046 [Liquid Cleansing Agent for Removing Ke
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
IP High Court, 2024 (Ne) 10026 — Thermoplastic Resin Composition: Rounding and Equivalents (Miyasaka)
Numerical rounding and the doctrine of equivalents The issue was whether the appellee’s product, with a molecular weight of 699.91848, satisfied the numerical limitation of a molecular weight of “700 or more.” ⇒ Ultimately, because the applicant had “deliberately” drawn the line
Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Theme 2 (Chemistry 1)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Article information Article type: Reports and activities Categories: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Numerical limitations and parameters, Examination and appeal practice First published on this website: 2026-10-16 Display and classification checked: 2026-10-17 Trial and Appeal Practitioners Study Group Report 2024 — Theme 2 (Chemistry 1) [Inventive step in parameter and numerically limited inventions] When can a numerical range not express
Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) No. 70178 — Zinc acetate hydrate tablets (Judge Nakajima)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Claim interpretation, Numerical limitations and parameters First published on this site: 2026-10-10 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 5 (Wa) No. 70178 — Zinc acetate hydrate tablets (Judge Nakajima) *The claim was held not to be satisfied unless the temperature remained within the numerical range until the end of the drying process. (Excerpt from the judgment, trans
IP High Court, Heisei 31 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10055 — Mechanical fastener (Judge Otaka)
日本語版 Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Numerical limitations and parameters First published on this site: 2026-10-10 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 IP High Court, Heisei 31 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10055 — Mechanical fastener (Judge Otaka) *The claimed numerical range overlapped with the preferred numerical range disclosed in the cited reference. → The claimed numerical range was obvious. (Excerpt from the judgment, translat
IP High Court, Heisei 31 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10055 — Mechanical fastener (Judge Otaka)
Japanese version: https://www.takaishihideki.com/single-post/linkedin-7513748208679018496-ja Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Topics: Inventive step, Numerical limitations and parameters Published on this website: 2026-10-08 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-14 IP High Court, Heisei 31 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10055 — Mechanical fastener (Judge Otaka) The numerical range overlapped with the preferred numerical range described in the cited reference. ⇒ T
IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10037 [Wood composite] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu>
Japanese version Article information Article type: Case note Category: Patents Issues: Inventive step, Numerical limitations and parameters, Design choices First published on this website: 2026-10-03 Court: Intellectual Property High Court Case number: Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10037 Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10 IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10037 [Wood composite] <Presiding Judge Hibiki Shimizu> Lacks inventive step. The plaintiff argued that density, flake dimensions
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