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ARTICLE · 11 JANUARY 2024

印度专利分案申请实务新进展

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本文介绍了印度德里高院发布的一项新判决...

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本文介绍了印度德里高院发布的一项新判决,该判决对印度专利法第16条的解释进行了澄清,放宽了对印度分案申请的要求。根据该新判决,(1)分案申请的提交/维持不以初始提交申请的权利要求中记载了多个发明为前提,而以初始提交申请的临时说明书或完整说明书中公开了多个发明为前提;(2)只要初始提交申请的临时说明书或完整说明书中公开了多个发明,申请人可以主动提交分案申请,也可以应审查官的缺乏单一性驳回意见提交分案申请;(3)参考避免重复授权原则,要求分案申请的权利要求与母案的权利要求不同,允许分案申请权利要求的范围大于母案权利要求的范围。据此,未来申请人将有望在印度采取更灵活的专利保护策略。

2023年10月13日,印度德里高院就Syngenta Limited v. Controller of Patents and Designs一案发布判决,推翻了之前Boehringer Ingelheim v. Controller of Patents and Designs一案判决中的观点,对印度专利法第16条的解释进行了澄清,放宽了对印度分案申请的要求。

一、印度专利法第16条

关于分案申请,印度专利法第16条原文如下:

“16. Power of Controller to make orders respecting division of application.—(1) A person who has made an application for a patent under this Act may, at any time before the grant of the patent, if he so desires, or with a view to remedy the objection raised by the Controller on the ground that the claims of the complete specification relate to more than one invention, file a further application in respect of an invention disclosed in the provisional or

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