Case No. 2024 (Gyo-ke) 10077
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Article type: Case note
Display and classification checked: 2026-09-30
Categories: Patents
Topics: Claim interpretation
Published on this website: 2026-09-29
Case No. 2024 (Gyo-ke) 10077
[System for providing massage-related services]
(Presiding Judge Nakahira)
It is appropriate to interpret "program code" as meaning "instructions, data, etc. created using an artificial language for the purpose of having a computer interpret or execute them"; it is not limited to source code.
⇒ Invalidation decision maintained.
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