专利无效过程中的权利要求修改:专利复审委员会依职权审查的范围 兼评最高人民法院“家化专利无效纠纷案”行政裁定书(2011)知行字第17号

Amendments to Claims in Patent Invalidation Proceedings:PRB's Scope of Examination ex officio Comments on Supreme People's Court's opinions on rejecting petition for certiorari with regard to Shanghai Jahwa Pharm.Tech.,Co.Ltd.v.PRB(Case No.Zhixingzi 17/201

2011年10月,最高人民法院裁定驳回专利复审委具会对上海家化医药科技有限公司兴专利复审委员会等发明专利权无效行政纠粉案（以下简称＂家化专利无效纠纷案＂）的再审请求。该行政裁定书对于专利无效程序中权利要求的修改规则,具有重要的法律影响。最高人民法院认为：（1）专利权人在专利无效程序对权利要求进行修改,须符合《审查指南》的修改原则,对权利要求书的修改不得超出原说明书和权利要求书记载的范围；

In October 2011, the Supreme People＇s Court （SPC） re- jected the petition for certiorari with regard to Patent Reex- amination Board （PRB） v. Shanghai Jahwa Pharm. Tech Co., Ltd., et.al （the ·Jahwa case＂）. This decision has important le- gal impacts upon the rules governing amendments to claims made in patent invalidation proceedings. The SPC held that （1） an amendment to claims in patent invalidation proceed- ings must conform to the principles set forth in the Patent Examination Guidelines （the PEG）, and must not go beyond the disclosure of the description and claims as filed;