2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10023 [Aircraft Such as High-Speed Drones] <Miyasaka>

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Article type: Case note

Category: Patents

Topics: Inventive step

First published on this website: 2026-11-01

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Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-11-17 (Japan time). Full English translation.

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2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10023 [Aircraft Such as High-Speed Drones] <Miyasaka>

*A holding reminiscent of the Supreme Court's Lipase decision

“Even if the example has such a configuration, construing the word ‘inscribed’ itself in that restrictive sense is impermissible when no correction (narrowing) adding that configuration to the claims has been made.”

⇒ Inventive step: not satisfied

https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/412/092412_hanrei.pdf

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