浅谈驳回时机的把握

A Brief Discussion on the Timing of the Rejection

《专利审查指南》对驳回时机给出了指引,要求审查员合理、合法选择驳回时机。本文主要通过对几种特殊情况的驳回时机的讨论,提出如何从申请人的心理预期角度来灵活判断案件是否满足听证原则,从而及时抓住驳回时机,体现审查效能。

The Guidelines for Patent Examination provides guidance for the timing of rejection,requiring the examiners to choose the timing of rejection reasonably and legally.This paper analyzes and discusses a number of special cases,and puts forward the improvement suggestions,weather the rejection is meeting the hearing principle by analyzing the applicant's psychological expectations,to seize the opportunity of the rejection time and to improve the examination quality and effi ciency.