IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10049 — Information processing apparatus (Judge Miyasaka)
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Article type: Case note
Category: Patents
Topics: Inventive step, Motivation and teaching away, Examination and appeal practice
First published on this site: 2026-10-10
Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10
IP High Court, Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) No. 10049 — Information processing apparatus (Judge Miyasaka)
*The trial decision did not state the reasons for its obviousness determination.
→ Inventive step affirmed.
(Excerpts from the judgment, translated; portions omitted)
<Whether it was readily conceivable to make the vehicle of the cited invention a vehicle configured to turn in a leaning posture>
Even assuming that such vehicles and their energy-storage devices are generally small, a small battery and a small total amount of power available from it do not immediately mean that the power it supplies at a particular time is low. The cited invention addresses the problem of low power available from a battery at low temperature. There is insufficient evidence that vehicles configured to turn in a leaning posture generally have a problem of low power available from their batteries. The problems therefore cannot be regarded as common, and a common problem cannot establish motivation for a person skilled in the art to make the cited vehicle one configured to turn in a leaning posture. [...]
<Whether it was readily conceivable to make the vehicle of the cited invention a drone>
A drone is an aircraft with rotary wings that flies through the atmosphere by rotating those wings. By contrast, the cited vehicle travels by transmitting power to the road surface through driven wheels: its wheels rotate to move it over land. Thus, the cited vehicle and the drone of the amended invention fundamentally differ in structure and mode of movement.
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