論我國專利授權後修改程序的完善——以權利要求解釋標準爲視角

On the Improvement of Post-Grant Patent AmendmentProcedure in China-- From the Perspective of Claim Construction Standard

我國目前没有設計獨立的授權後修改程序,專利權人只能在專利無效程序中修改專利文件。《專利法實施細則》第69條限定了專利無效程序中的文件修改範圍,《專利審查指南》第四部分第三章第4.6.2節限定了專利無效程序中文件的修改方式。其中,在專利無效程序中,發明或實用新型專利權人可以修改其權利要求書,但是不得擴大原專利的保護範圍,不得修改説明書和附圖,外觀設計專利權人不能修改圖片、照片和簡要説明。

At present,there is no independently-designed postgrant patent amendment procedure in China.A patentee can only amend patent documents in patent invalidation proceedings.Article 69 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law stipulates the scope of amendments to documents in the patent invalidation proceedings.The Guidelines for Patent Examination define,in Part IV,Chapter Three,Section 4.6.2,the manners to amend documents in the patent invalidation proceedings.In the patent invalidation proceedings,the patentee of an invention or utility model is allowed to make amendments to claims,but is prohibited from broadening the scope of protection of the patent as originally filed or amending the specification and drawings,and the patentee of a design shall not make amendments to the drawings,photographs and brief description.