专利权的界定:沟通权利要求的解释与公开充分性
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【摘要】塞尔登的专利旧案表明:如何界定专利权的保护范围是专利法上的核心问题,权利要求的解释理论可堪称专利法上的一颗明珠。但是,其解释规则的复杂性及其相互之间的抵牾,使得专利权的边界具有不确定性。专利保护范围应与其技术贡献相对称,而专利法上体现权利人占有发明的公开充分性条件是衡量发明人技术贡献的重要标准。因此,以公开充分性为标准来选择专利权界定的具体规则,从而对各项具体规则予以协调,这符合专利法激励创新和保护公共利益的立法精神。为了更清晰地界定专利保护范围,应该完善专利申请文件的结构,并强调普通技术人员标准在专利保护范围界定中的重要作用。
【关键词】专利保护范围,权利要求解释,公开充分性,普通技术人员
Defining the Scope of Patent through Disclosure Requirement
Liang Yong
Abstract: The patent case of Selden shows that no rule is more important in patent law than that of the claim construction which is designating the metes and bounds of a patent. However, the failure to provide adequate guidance on claim construction is largely an unsettled and uncertain area of patent law. In theory, a person is entitled to a patent shall correspond with his contribution on such technology, which also is the main task of the patent disclosure requirement –the process of giving the inventor’s contributions through defining the specification meaning. This clue refers to patent disclosure requirement that shall be selected as the supreme doctrine to harmony the different rules on claim construction. In order to improve certainty in the determination of patent scope, the structure of patent document shall be improved, and PHOSITA standard shall play more important role in the determination of patent scope.
Key Words: Defining the Scope of Patent; Claim Construction; Patent Disclosure; PHOSITA