2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10016 [Wireless Scuff Plate] <Miyasaka>
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Article type: Case note
Category: Patents
Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Support requirement
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026
Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-02-19 (Japan time). Full English translation.
2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10016 [Wireless Scuff Plate] <Miyasaka>
“…Modifying the invention in Exhibit Ko 1 in this way changes the housing configuration, which is directly connected with solving the problem … so there is no motivation …. …Because there is no … bottom plate …, the abstract point of providing a battery cover from below … does not establish substitutability.”
⇒ Inventive step: satisfied
*Whether the invention has a new part that solves a problem compared with the prior art is not a matter to be considered in assessing the support requirement.
⇒ Support requirement: satisfied
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