浅谈化学领域专利申请的具体放弃式修改

Discussion on Disclaimer Amendments in Field of Chemistry

在专利审查以及后续的程序中,专利法赋予申请人对申请文件进行修改的权利。具体放弃是一种特殊的修改方式,常见于化学领域,实践中该类修改方式容易多样化,尤其是与克服创造性缺陷相关,并不限于专利审查指南及审查操作规程所提及的几种情形,导致对具体放弃式修改的适用时机、是否超范围的判断等存在难点和争议,本文通过具体的案例对该类修改方式所涉及的问题进行了初步探讨。

In the patent examination and subsequent procedures,the patent law allows the applicant to amend the application documents.The specific disclaimer is a special type of amendment,which mainly exists in the field of chemistry.In practice,disclaimer amendments tend to be diversified and not limited to the situations mentioned in“Guidelines for Patent Examination”and“Patent Examination Operation Rules”,especially they can relate to the inventive step,thus results in difficulties and disputes in the judgment of going beyond the scope.A preliminary discussion on the problems involved in the disclaimer amendments through specific cases was put forward.