2024年11月21日
完成品がないと特許は取れないか？【リライト版】
いま試作品を作っているところです。
完成品がまだできていなくても構いません。
それができれば、特許を出せますし、特許を取ることもできます。
ただ、誤解を与える表現でもあるように思います。
しかし、理論上、完成品は作れません。
完成品がないと特許を出せないとか、特許が取れないという誤解です。
特許出願できますし、特許を取ることもできます。
特許の書類には、完成品を作れるように記載することが必要です。
特許の要件の一つで、新規事項は追加できません。
発明の新規性や進歩性を否定される根拠が増えます。
一般的には、特許の出願書類を読んだだけでは、わかりません。
（１）の実施可能要件も、そこまでを要求するものではありません。
✔アイデア（思想）であって、物（完成品）そのものではありません
そんな『アイデア』があるとします。
このアイデアを具体的に適用した『物（完成品）』は様々です。
ペンであっても、スプーンであってもいいのです。
近年では、ネット上にも、特許に関するさまざまな情報があります。
うのみにしないことです。
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Can't you get a patent without a finished product? [Rewritten version]
(Q) I've come up with a great idea.
I'm currently making a prototype.
Can't you file or obtain a patent without a finished product?
(A) Not at all.
It doesn't matter if you haven't made a finished product yet.
In your patent application documents, you should fully describe how you can make the thing.
If you can do that, you can file and obtain a patent.
<Explanation>
"To get a patent, you can't just have an idea - you need a finished product!"
You may see this expression.
This expression is correct in some ways.
However, I think it can also be misleading.
For example, let's think about something like a perpetual motion machine.
It's true that it could be called an "idea."
However, in theory, you can't make a finished product.
As a perpetual motion machine, you can't get a patent.
The above expression is correct if you are thinking of something like this.
However, the above expression is prone to misunderstandings, such as the following.
This is for cases where you are certain that you can make the thing.
It is a misconception that you cannot file a patent or obtain a patent without a finished product.
If you are sure that you can make it, there is no need to go to the trouble of making a finished product.
You can file a patent application and obtain a patent.
Below are four points related to this.
(1) Properly explain that you can make a finished product
It is not necessary to actually make a finished product.
However, one of the requirements for a patent is the "enablement requirement."
The patent document must be written so that the finished product can be made.
If this enablement requirement is not met, you will not be able to obtain a patent.
After filing a patent application, you cannot add content such as how to make it.
One of the requirements for a patent is that new matter cannot be added.
It is important to fill out the application documents properly from the beginning of the application.
(2) File early
Patents are basically first come, first served (first to file).
Also, if you delay filing a patent, more technology will become publicly known in the meantime.
This will increase the grounds for denying the novelty and inventive step of your invention.
It is better to hurry up and file a patent application before making a finished product.
In corporate R&D, product development and manufacturing and patents are done in parallel.
(3) Examiners don't know
Did the inventor make a finished product?
Generally, you can't tell just by reading patent application documents.
(I never thought about whether there was a finished product when I was an examiner.)
It's true that a patent may be more persuasive if there is a finished product.
But that's another story.
The enablement requirement in (1) doesn't require that much either.
(4) What is an invention anyway?
An invention is,
✔ an idea (thought), not a thing (finished product) itself.
For example, let's say you have an idea: "provide an auxiliary part to make it easier to hold thin, long objects."
There are many different "things (finished products)" that are concrete applications of this idea.
It could be a pen or a spoon.
And it's not necessary to complete all objects before filing a patent application.
■What did you think?
These days, there is a lot of information about patents on the internet.
Basically, how you use that information is at your own discretion and responsibility.
Don't just accept it at face value.
We will provide you with the correct information about information that is often misunderstood.
