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2015.07.14 IP News Product-by-Process Claim was interpreted to the final product in itself and not limited to the manufacturing process.
2015.07.14 IP News Claim was interpreted to the more specific concept in the specification, and this specific concept was compared to the prior invention.
2015.06.01 IP News Requirement to support claims was denied because requirement for enablement was denied.
2015.05.10 IP News Inventive step of model animal was denied in consideration of the relation between metastasis and permeation of the tumor.
2015.05.10 IP News Inventive step of chemical composition was denied in consideration of the difference of the medical use.
2015.03.31 IP News Inventive step was approved in medicinal invention related to a specific dosage and administration, and JPO board of appeal’s decision was reversed.
2015.03.31 IP News Crystal Structure of prior invention in prior application was misunderstood, and JPO board of appeal’s decision was reversed.
2014.07.03 IP News IP High Court decided contrary to the JPO’s Examination Guidelines of Patent Term Extension in Japan
2014.04.01 IP News IP high court decided that there is an error in the finding of the cited invention in a JPO board of appeal’s decision.
2014.04.01 IP News IP high court decided that there is a violation of the procedure on adopting a reason for refusal that is different from the reasons of the examiner’s final rejection without notifying the plaintiff thereof, in the JPO board of appeal’s decision.

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