Re: [問題] IDS 責任期間到什麼時候結束?

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※ 引述《piglauhk (我要當陽光型男!!)》之銘言： : 最近想到一個問題想請教一下各位先進 : IDS 的責任期間為何? : 目前查到的資料是: : 若前案(PA)在核準後、領證前出現 : 則自PA出現後3個月內可以提交IDS而不用提RCE : 亦即領證前出現的PR基本上都要提交PTO(?) : 但敝人的問題在於領證後呢? 領證後有提交IDS的義務嗎? : § 1.56 Duty to disclose information material to patentability. : Each individual associated with the filing and prosecution of a patent : application has a duty of candor and good faith in dealing with the Office, : which includes a duty to disclose to the Office all information known to that : individual to be material to patentability as defined in this section. The : duty to disclose information exists with respect to each pending claim until : the claim is cancelled or withdrawn from consideration, or the application : becomes abandoned. : 提出專利申請者....具有揭露可能影響該案專利性之己知文件之義務 : 該義務於 CLAIM被撤回、除消、或申請案被放棄時方為中止 : 領證好像不太符合上開被撤回、除消、或申請被放棄的要件... : 另外上開要件好像又不以申請期間為限? 搞不懂 (．＿．?) : 故此想請教一下各位先進美國專利在領證後申請人是否具提交IDS之義務? : 若具有相關義務又沒執行的話是否得以為主張專利無效之理由? : 以上敬請先進們助為解惑謝謝個人認為領證後就沒有這個義務原因是如法條所載The duty...exists with respect to each "pending claim" unil... 領證後的claim本身就不符合pending claim的要件故應無這個義務再去揭露領證後所知悉的資訊另外在Kimberly A. Moore(現任Fed Cir.法官)所著的Patent Litigaiton and Strategy書中也明示了 "To succeed on a charge of ineqitable conduct, the accused infringer must prove that the patentee withheld material infromation from the PTO [during prosecution of the patent] with an intent to deceive" 所以個人認為這個duty of candor and good faith應僅存在於prosecution期間 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.216.0.127