功能和效果在创造性判断过程中的考量

Considerations of Function and Effect in the Creativity Judgment Process

特定结构或者步骤能够实现的功能和效果可能并不是唯一的,且该功能和效果有时并没有明确地记载在对比文件中,审查员需要结合公知常识证据和对比文件中的技术方案对其实际能够实现的功能和效果进行综合判断,从而准确地把握发明申请的创造性。文章结合实际审查案例从功能和效果的角度对对比文件的结合启示和改进动机进行了探讨,以期为后续的审查工作提供参考和借鉴。

The function and effect that can be achieved by a specific structure or step may not be unique,and the function and effect are sometimes not clearly recorded in the reference document,the examiner needs to comprehensively judge the function and effect that can actually achieve or not by combine the common knowledge evidence and the technical solution in the reference document,so as to determine the actual disclosure scope of the reference documents.This article analyzes different methods for determining the actual disclosure scope of the reference documents based on actual cases,in order to provide reference for the patent examination in the future.