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The purpose of the patent system is, by granting patent rights to an applicant who discloses his/her invention to the public, aimed at contributing to the development of related industries. Therefor...
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The purpose of the patent system is, by granting patent rights to an applicant who discloses his/her invention to the public, aimed at contributing to the development of related industries. Therefore novelty would be one of the most important and basic requirements of patent registration.
In this paper, criteria on the judgement of novelty, the method of judging novelty, and the distinction between novelty and inventive step have been studied.
The concept of ‘substantially identical’ can be generally used in identity judgement of novelty, first-to-file requirement and so-called extended first-to-file requirement in Korea. However, it may not be used for identity judgement of novelty in Japan.
According to theories or judicial cases, if the number in ‘invention limited by number’ can be selected freely by a person skilled in the art or does not have special effects or critical meaning, the invention would not have novelty.
‘Well known and commonly used art’ can be added in one or more cited inventions, in judging novelty or inventive step.
One of the criteria on the judgement of novelty is time. If the time of application or publication can be recorded, the judgement of novelty would be much easier.
‘Publicly known’ and ‘publicly worked’ are strictly distinguished from each other in the regulation of the Patent Act. According to theories or judicial cases, ‘publicly known’ means the state of being recognizable to an unspecified majority, while ‘publicly worked’ is working, use or utilization of invention in the state of recognition.
According to the regulation of the Patent Act, the judgement of novelty could not be a precondition for the judgement of inventive step.
Though there is a gray area between what is novelty and what is inventive step, the judgement should be made separately because there are different requirements for novelty and inventive step in registering a patent.
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