2019(Gyo-Ke)10043 (February 20, 2020) “HIGH-CONTRAST TIRE PATTERN AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF” Case
Inventive step
(Conclusion)
Inventive step is NOT found.
*Combining a sub-reference solving a problem different from that of the present invention with a main reference is considered to be easy to conceive “by another reason” (by the logic to solve a problem which is different from the problem of the present invention).
⇒ The inventive step of the numerically limited invention was denied.
<Writer: Hideki Takaishi (Attorney-at-law licensed in Japan and California)>
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