등록특허의 신뢰성 강화를 위한 미국 특허법상 재심사 절차의 변화

• 영문명: Changes to Patent Reexamination Proceedings in United States Patent Law for Enhancing Reliability of Granted Patents
• 발행기관: 한국사법학회(구 한국비교사법학회)
• 저자명: 심미랑(Shim, Mi Rang)
• 간행물 정보: 『비교사법』比較私法 제19권 제2호, 747~776쪽, 전체 30쪽
• 주제분류: 법학 > 법학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.05.31

영문 초록

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) reformed patent post grant reexamination proceedings. There are sequentially three types of patent reexaminations, Ex Parte Reexamination(EPR), Post Grant Review(PGR) and Inter Partes Review(IPR). An EPR is same to pre-AIA, so the primary requirement for obtaining a grant for reexamination is to prove that a “substantial new question of patentability” exists. For an IPR, the petitioner must demonstrate a resonable likelihood that he/she would prevail as to at least one of the claims challenged(35 U.S.C. §314(a)). In contrast, for a PGR, the petitioner must demonstrate that it is more likely than not that at least one of the claims challenged is unpatentable(35 U.S.C. §324(a)). The new thresholds presented in the AIA for both the PGR and inter partes review are substantially different than the current threshold for both inter partes reexamination and ex parte reexamination, which require a substantial new question of patentability. The new thresholds requiring a showing that the petitioner would “more likely than not” prevail for PGR and “a reasonable likelihood of success” for inter partes review is a higher standard for a petitioner to meet. The higher threshold for the new procedures should reduce the number of challenges to patentability to those challenges having a viable case for success. So remained valid patents after new procedures can be more reliable.

목차

Ⅰ. 서론

Ⅱ. 2011년 미국 특허법 개정 이전의 재심사 절차

Ⅲ. 2011년 미국 특허법 개정에 따른 재심사 절차의 변화

Ⅳ. 미국법원의 소송절차에서 특허성 판단과의 차이

Ⅴ. 우리나라 특허요건 판단절차와의 비교검토

Ⅵ. 결론

〈참고문헌〉

〈Abstract〉

키워드

특허성 특허요건 특허무효 재심사 거절결정불복심판 무효심판 미국 특허법 특허 유효성 추정의 원칙 Patentability Patent invalid Granted patents reexamination invalid trial American Patent Law America Invents Act (AIA) Ex Parte Reexamination Post Grant Review Inter Partes Review presumption of validity