Brief Discussion on the Combination Revelation in Patent Creative Judgment
When judging the combination of several prior art articles,China patent examination guidelines do not give a full explanation when"technical means play the same role",resulting in inconsistent inventive judgment standards often appear in the examination practice.Starting from a real case,this paper discusses the principle of combination revelation in judgment,and at the same time combs the relevant provisions of combination revelation in inventive judgment in China and UK.This paper proposes that when judging the combination revelation of prior art,we should start from the two principles of the integrity of the technical scheme and the orientation of the prior art,and avoid the simple patchwork of various distinguishing features.
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