技术性Vs.有用性:可专利主题的界定

Technical Vs Practical:The Definition of Patentable Theme

关于可专利主题与实用性的衡量标准问题,各国都基于发展新技术的需要,对实用性展开重新认识与思考,扩大可授予专利的范围。其中,欧盟国家将工业实用性限定于技术领域的应用,而美国则将实用性理解为是能产生实际效果的、有用的用途。考虑到经济、技术的发展以及国际知识产权的保护趋势,专利制度中的实用性应作宽泛意义理解,将一切能够应用于技术领域的发明构思,纳入到可授予专利范围,如此既有利于新技术的保护,也不失专利的功利目的。

When considering the evaluating measures for patentable theme and practical usage,many countries are undergoing review and rethink based on the need for the development of new technology,and ultimately,expand the scope of patent granting.Among them,the EU countries confine the industrial practicability as the application in technological fields.While according to the understanding of United States,practicability means effective and useful.With the development of economy and technology and the increasing protection of international intellectual property,the concept of practicability in the patent system should have a wider interpretation.All inventive concepts that can be used for technical fields should be granted the patent,so as to protect new technologies and maintain the benefits gained from patent-claiming.