2024年09月01日
「新規性がない」との拒絶理由のタイプ別対策と確認事項【リライト版】
審査結果として、わたしの発明に「新規性がない」とのことです。
さらに、今後のために、出願時の確認事項について述べます。
✔新規性はあっても（先行特許との違いはあっても）
✔進歩性が認められない（先行特許との違いがわずかである）
この場合、特許にはならないからです。
その新規性がない発明の部分を、特許請求の範囲から除外します。
そうすれば、この拒絶理由は解消します。
✔新規性なしとともに、進歩性なしの拒絶理由も通知されているはず
（この点の詳細については、他の記事をご覧ください。）
先行特許の調査をきちんとやってくれるでしょう。
新規性や進歩性（先行特許との違いの大きさ）などについてです。
上記（１）のアイデア自体に新規性がない特許出願を避けられます。
✔意図的に、請求の範囲を広めにしておくことがあります
✔最初は広い範囲にしておく
✔審査官から提示された内容に応じて、限定していく
（この戦略の是非については、また別の記事で述べます。）
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Countermeasures and points to check for each type of rejection reason for "lack of novelty" [Rewritten version]
(Q) I applied for a patent and received a rejection notice.
The examination result was that my invention "lacks novelty".
How should I respond?
(A) There are two types of rejection reasons for lack of novelty.
(1) When the idea itself is not novel
(2) When the scope of the patent claim includes an invention that is not novel
(1) is relatively difficult to deal with, and (2) is relatively easy to deal with.
Here we will explain how to respond when you receive a rejection notice for each type.
In addition, we will explain the points to check when filing an application for future reference.
■How to respond when you receive a rejection reason for lack of novelty
(1) When the idea itself is not novel
In this case, it will be difficult to obtain a patent.
As a countermeasure, you should make the following counterarguments against the prior patent presented by the examiner:
・Within the scope of the matters described in the application documents
・By limiting the content of the invention to a major difference from the prior patent
If you do not do so, you will not be granted a patent.
The reason why you need to limit it to a major difference from the prior patent is that
✔Even if there is novelty (even if there is a difference from the prior patent)
✔There is no inventive step (the difference from the prior patent is slight)
In this case, it will not be a patent.
In the end, you will not be able to get a patent unless you make a difference that is enough to create a new invention.
And within the scope of the matters described in the application documents.
That is why it is difficult to obtain a patent.
(2) If the scope of the patent claims includes an invention that is not novel
In this case, the response is relatively easy.
Exclude the part of the invention that is not novel from the scope of the patent claims.
This will eliminate the reason for refusal.
However, as mentioned above, the notice of reasons for refusal should notify you of
✔Notice of lack of novelty as well as reason for lack of inventive step
Let's think about how to respond to the reason for refusal that is lack of inventive step.
(For more details on this point, please see another article.)
■Two things to check when filing an application
(1) Regarding the investigation of prior patents
When requesting a patent application, ask a patent attorney (patent office) to do it.
They will do a thorough search of prior patents.
You will then receive advice based on the prior patents they find.
This will cover novelty and inventive step (how different your idea is from prior patents).
It is very important to receive this kind of advice.
This will help you avoid patent applications where the idea itself is not novel, as in (1) above.
(2) A strategy to aim for a broad patent
When patent attorneys create patent claims,
✔Sometimes they intentionally make the claims broad.
This is a patent strategy with this intention.
✔Make the claims broad at first.
✔Narrow the claims according to the content presented by the examiner.
(I will discuss the merits and demerits of this strategy in another article.)
So, even if the claims are broad at first, it doesn't matter.
You will eventually be able to obtain a patent with reasonable content.
