论实用性在专利合理性危机克服中的价值

On the Value of Utility in Overcoming the Patent Political Crisis

实用性是发明创造获得专利授权的基本要件之一。实用性要求个体专利在技术上是有用的,整体专利制度对经济社会发展是有益的。在理论上,实用性发挥着消解专利权属争议的定纷止争作用。在历史上,实用性曾是抗拒废除专利运动的中流砥柱。在现实中,实用性为克服专利合理性危机指明了航向。坚持和强化专利实用性审查,发挥专利制度的积极效用,才能保证专利制度的健康发展。

Utility is one of the basic requirements for inventor to obtain the patent authorization. The utility requires that the individual patent is useful in technology, and the whole patent system is beneficial to the economic and social development. In theory, the utility can dispel the dispute on the nature of the patent right. In history, the utility was the mainstay to resist movement of the abolition of the patent. In reality, utility is the way to overcome the political crisis of the patent. Only by adhering to and strengthening the utility examination of patent, and playing the positive role of the patent system, can we guarantee the healthy development of the patent system.