Inventive step
(Conclusion)
Inventive step is found.
*The main cited invention and the secondary cited invention have different purposes.
⇒ When both are combined, the configuration corresponding to the difference in the object of the main invention is changed.
⇒ There are obstructive factors.
*Heisei 30 (Wa) 21448, which was pending at the same time, was examined using different evidence and inventive step was not found.
<Writer: Hideki Takaishi (Attorney-at-law licensed in Japan and California)>
https://www.ip.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_en/683/002683.pdf