Tokyo District Court, 2023 (Wa) 70102 [Semi-Fermented Tea Leaves] <Nakashima>
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First published on this website: 2026-11-01
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Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-07-24 (Japan time). Full English translation.
Tokyo District Court, 2023 (Wa) 70102 [Semi-Fermented Tea Leaves] <Nakashima>
Construction of the claim language “stems have been removed”
⇒ Every example contains no stems, and there is no suggestion of including stems.
⇒ Construed as “containing no stems”
⇒ Claim limitation not satisfied
*Limiting claims to the examples is impermissible, but “matters common to all examples” are considered in many judgments addressing the technical scope of an invention!!
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