[유럽특허 독파하기] 28. 청구범위 보정 적법성 (Art 123(2) EPC)
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Art 123(2) EPC The European patent application or European patent may not
be amended in such a way that it contains subject-matter which extends beyond
the content of the application as filed. |
판단기준: 결과되는 청구항이 출원 당시 명세서로부터 직접적으로 애매하지 않게 도출되는 지를 판단. 당업자에게.
청구항에 특징을 부가하는 보정
Intermediate generalisation
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GL H-V, 3.2.1 When a feature is taken from a particular embodiment and
added to the claim, it has to be established that: – the feature is not related or inextricably linked to the
other features of that embodiment and – the overall disclosure justifies the generalising
isolation of the feature and its introduction into the claim. |
1항: A+B+C
명세서: D+E
보정된 청구항 : A+B+C+D
가능할까? 특징 D와 E가 관련되거나 inextricably 연관된 것이 아니고, 전체적 개시가 해당 특징의 분리를 일반화하여 청구항의 도입을 정당화하는 경우, ok
청구항에서 특징을 제거
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GL H-V, 3.1 아래 조건에서 하나라도 만족 못하면, A123(2) EPC 위반 (i) the replaced or removed feature was not explained as
essential in the originally filed disclosure; (ii) the skilled person would directly and unambiguously recognise that the feature is not, as such, indispensable for the function of the invention in the light of the technical problem the invention serves to solve (in this context special care needs to be taken in cases where the technical problem is reformulated during the proceedings, see H-V, 2.4 and G-VII, 11); and (iii) the skilled person would recognise that the
replacement or removal requires no modification of one or more features to
compensate for the change (it does not in itself alter the invention). |
특정 상황의 보정
범위 (Ranges)
- 25~60, 20~35 도 보정 가능한지? Yes
GL H-IV, 2.4In the case of a disclosure of both a general and a preferred range, a combination of the preferred disclosed narrower range and one of the part-ranges lying within the disclosed overall range on either side of the narrower range may be derivable from the original disclosure of the application.
- 35~60, 20~25 도 보정 가능한지? Yes
T 612/09The end-points are specifically named, and the two part-ranges of the general [range] lying outside the preferred range would be unequivocally and immediately apparent to the person skilled in the art
- 만일, '바람직하게는 25~35' 대신 working examples 25와 35가 있었다면, 20 ~ 35 또는 25 ~ 60이 가능할지? No
범위로 제공된 것이 아니므로 안된다. 다만, 특정 상황에서 value points로부터 새로운 범위를 만드는 것이 가능한 경우도 있다. 당업자가 실행 가능한(viable) 범위로 고려하도록 교시되어 있는지 여부가 관건이다.
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