专利基本认识~~专利权与专利说明书~~-冠亚智财.ppt

20091116 醫藥專利之專利性探討 醫藥之新用途具專利性 已知物質之新用途或已知物質之衍生物，依35 U.S.C. 101之定義均是可專利的，惟其就是否符合專利要件的判斷，往往因個案而有不同之認定。 美國MPEP 2112.02於使用方法之請求項-舊的結構及組成物之新穎且非顯而易知的用途可能是可專利的一節中指出，舊結構基於其之未知特性之新用途的發現可以使用方法予以專利 。 MPEP 2112.02 Process Claims – 2100 Patentability PROCESS OF USE CLAIMS - NEW AND UNOBVIOUS USES OF OLD STRUCTURES AND COMPOSITIONS MAY BE PATENTABLE The discovery of a new use for an old structure based on unknown properties of the structure might be patentable to the discoverer as a process of using. In re Hack, 245 F.2d 246, 248, 114 USPQ 161, 163?(CCPA 1957). However, when the claim recites using an