Susumu Nishihara
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日本“对应于标准战略的审查（试行）”：与专利的实审时间和标准化进程相匹配
本文摘要日本特许厅开始试行“对应于标准战略的审查”制度。该制度适用的专利申请是申请人本人或发明人所属企业等正在进行标准化活动的技术相关的专利申请。申请人可以请求日本特许厅按照标准开发的进展，在从提出实审请求起最长24个月后的某个希望时点启动审查。该制度导入的背景日本的专利审查，长期以来以审查速度较快著称。第一次收到OA的时间，以及授权的周期均较短，这对一般专利申请而言是一个明显利好。但是，在标准必要专利相关的申请中，如果在标准规范最终确定之前过早授权的话，权利要求的范围可能无法充分覆盖最终的标准的范围。在实践中，申请人往往通过反复提出分案申请，使案件持续处于未审决的状态，并在标准化进程确定后再
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Launch of Japan’s Standard Strategy-Compliant Patent Examination (Pilot Program): Aligning Patent Prosecution with Standardization
SummaryThe JPO has announced the launch of a trial “Standard Strategy-Compliant Patent Examination” pilot program for patent applications relating to technologies for which the applicant, or an organization to which the inventor belongs, is conducting standardization activities. The program allows t
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Standard Essential Patents and IoT Businesses Using Wireless Technologies beyond the 5G Era
IntroductionInternet-of-Things (IoT) services will soon be based on standard-based wireless technologies, and implementers of IoT services will have to be careful of SEP (standard essential patent) holders, although it might have been fine if attention was paid only to cellular networks when it come