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2026年06月22日
弁理士を付けずに特許を出して拒絶理由通知が来たときの対応【リライト版】
この段階から特許事務所（弁理士）に依頼することは可能でしょうか。
弊所では、以下の条件を満たす場合には、ご依頼をお受けできます。
このような場合には、ご依頼をお受けします（いわゆる中途受任）。
選択の幅が広いので、最善の対応が可能です。
✓「技術」内容を最も理解しているあなたと
✓「特許」のことを最も理解している弁理士（審査官経験のある弁理士）
協同で検討することで、最適な対応をします。
✓弁理士を介さずにご自身で特許出願をすることは推奨しません
✓万全な特許を目指すためには、はじめから弁理士に依頼しましょう
そこで、一定の場合には、拒絶理由通知からの対応をお受けします。
審査官は、その反論に基づいて、再度審査を行います。
早期審査を請求していると、その最終処分も早く出ます。
その場合、内容を追加して、新たな特許出願を行う選択肢があります。
拒絶の理由に対抗できるような内容を盛り込んで特許出願ができます。
特許になる可能性を高めることができます。
そういうご要望にもお応えできます。
当然、費用がかさむ場合があります。
②を条件としているのも、特許は最初の出願書類がすべてだからです。
そして、特許はオールオアナッシングの面があります。
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弁理士 田村誠治（元特許庁審査官）
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＜機械翻訳＞
Handling a "Notice of Reasons for Rejection" After Filing a Patent Without a Patent Attorney [Revised Version]
(Q) I filed a patent application myself and received a "Notice of Reasons for Rejection."
Is it possible to engage a patent firm (or patent attorney) at this stage?
(A) It is difficult to give a general answer that applies to every situation.
However, our firm can accept such requests if the following conditions are met:
① You requested "accelerated examination," and the Notice of Reasons for Rejection was received shortly after filing.
② The content of the patent application documents meets a certain standard of quality.
In other words, these are cases similar to situations where we were engaged from the very beginning.
We accept requests in such cases (this is known as "mid-stream engagement").
Because there is still a wide range of options available, we can determine the best course of action.
At our firm, we ensure the optimal response by having:
✓ You—the person who best understands the "technology"—and
✓ A patent attorney—who best understands "patents" (and has experience as a patent examiner)
...examine the matter collaboratively.
Please note, however, that:
✓ We do not recommend filing a patent application yourself without a patent attorney.
✓ To aim for a robust patent, you should engage a patent attorney from the start.
That said, we understand that circumstances may sometimes lead you to file a patent application yourself.
Therefore, in certain situations, we do accept cases starting from the stage of the Notice of Reasons for Rejection.
■ Supplementary information regarding ①
You must submit a rebuttal to the Notice of Reasons for Rejection within 60 days.
The examiner will then conduct a re-examination based on that rebuttal.
In many cases, this re-examination leads to a final disposition (either a patent grant or a rejection).
If you have requested accelerated examination, this final disposition is issued sooner.
In case ①, the final disposition is issued within one year of the patent application filing.
Receiving a final disposition within one year of filing expands your range of options.
Details here:
What you can do when the examination result (patent grant or rejection) is issued within one year of filing
Of course, the final disposition might be a rejection. In such a case, one option is to add new content and file a new patent application.
The benefits of filing a new application are as described in the article above.
You can file an application that incorporates content designed to counter the reasons for rejection.
This increases the likelihood of the patent being granted.
Perhaps you filed the application yourself but now want a patent attorney to rewrite it...
We can accommodate such requests as well.
For these reasons, we include point ① as one of the conditions for accepting a case mid-stream.
■ Supplementary note on ②
Regarding point ②, we will actually review the content of the patent application and the reasons for rejection.
Thanks to our patent attorneys' experience as former patent examiners, we can make an initial assessment quite quickly.
If further analysis is required, formal engagement is necessary, and fees will apply.
When taking over a case mid-stream, the patent attorney must grasp the technical details from scratch.
Naturally, this can lead to higher costs.
Therefore, our firm ensures an optimal response while keeping costs down by having:
✓ You—the person who best understands the "technology"—and
✓ A patent attorney—the person who best understands "patents" (specifically, one with experience as an examiner)
...work together on the analysis.
■ With patent applications, the initial filing documents are everything
What did you think?
To reiterate, we do not recommend filing a patent application yourself.
We make point ② a condition because the initial filing documents are crucial to the patent's success.
Patents are, in many ways, an "all-or-nothing" proposition.
Furthermore, securing a robust patent requires a thorough patent search.
We strongly encourage you to engage a patent firm (or patent attorney) right from the initial stage.
