发明者必须“拥有”一项发明才能为其申请专利吗？
Must an inventor "possess" an invention to patent it?
作者信息
Woessner Warren D, Chadwick Robin A
机构信息
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.
出版信息
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014 Sep 18;4(11):a020867. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a020867.
The requirements for patenting inventions relating to biotechnology have become increasingly strict and complicated in recent years. Despite early patent rulings that there is no need for an inventor to "reduce to practice" an invention, the courts are now ruling that an inventor must "possess" his or her invention before filing for patent. This review discusses what such "possession" may mean and describes decisions in which courts have found that an inventor has met or failed the possession test before filing for patent protection.
近年来，与生物技术相关的发明的专利申请要求变得越来越严格和复杂。尽管早期的专利裁决认为发明人无需将发明“付诸实践”，但现在法院裁定，发明人在申请专利之前必须“拥有”其发明。本综述讨论了这种“拥有”可能意味着什么，并描述了法院认定发明人在申请专利保护之前是否通过或未通过拥有测试的相关判决。
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