关于专利授权确权程序中权利要求用语解释的研究探讨

Research on Claim Interpretation in the Patent Grant and Confi rmation Procedures

为确定权利要求保护的范围,需要对权利要求进行解释。在专利授权和确权的程序中,可以适用“最大合理解释原则”来解释权利要求中的用语,其中,“合理解释”为“最大解释”的前提;在专利文件没有特别限定或特别限定不清楚,以及所属技术领域没有通常含义时,可以适用“最大合理解释原则”。对于功能性特征,由于专利文件未清楚而全面地界定,并且所属技术领域也没有通常含义,因而可以适用“最大合理解释原则”。

It is needed to interpret the claims,thereby ensuring the scope of protection.In the patent grant and confirmation procedures,“the Principle of Broadest Reasonable Interpretation”may be applied to interpret the terms of the claims,where reasonable interpretation should be the prerequisite of the broadest interpretation;in particular,in the event that a term is not deliberately defined or the definition thereof is unclear in the specification,and there is no general meaning in the art,“the Principle of Broadest Reasonable Interpretation” may be applied.As to the technical features defined by function,these features are not defined deliberately and clearly,and there is no general meaning in the art,therefore,“the Principle of Broadest Reasonable Interpretation” may be applied.