2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10049 [Optical Imaging Apparatus] <Miyasaka>
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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: 2024-10-21 (Japan time). Full English translation.
2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10049 [Optical Imaging Apparatus] <Miyasaka>
“Reducing the diameter of the insertion portion is a well-known problem in the technical field of endoscopes … and is therefore … inherent in the cited invention…. The well-known method provides a means of solving that problem inherent in the cited invention …, so … motivation exists….”
⇒ Inventive step: not satisfied
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