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• 2012.01.03

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  The claimed invention can be led to the non-inventive step from this citation even if citation includes the sentences which seem reverse to the claimed invention.
• 2012.01.03

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  Inventive Step is denied even if the compliance for patients is improved.
• 2011.12.12

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  Claim language “immediately adjacent” construed using descriptions of the application–Smiths Group PLC v. Covidien Japan. H22(wa)23188
• 2011.10.12

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  Even if, among the substances having one property, substance having another property is described by chance, it should not be immediately recognized that substance having another property is described in cited.
• 2011.10.12

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  The trial against examiner’s decision of rejection demanded by the attorney who is entrusted by all the joint owners of the right to obtain a patent is apparently for all the joint owners even if only one name
• 2011.10.12

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  The patented invention is satisfied with the requirement of enablement in consideration of commonly-used art.
• 2011.06.19

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  There is no novelty because the use is substantially identical to the process in cited document.
• 2011.06.19

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  There is no inventive step because “the limitation of the range focusing on the center value” is easy.
• 2011.06.01

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  Bulletin: Is Substance to be Subjected to Patent Term Extension in Japan, “Active Ingredient” or “Approved Drug”?
• 2011.06.01

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  SUPREME COURT DECISION: Heisei-21-(Gyo-Hi)-326