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特許相談依頼への対応  Responding to patent consultation requests

先日、知人を介して技術特許申請に関する相談依頼を受けました。

私は弁理士ではありませんので、私ができたことは、

*私が会社の研究員時代に技術を改良、開発し特許申請書類の原案作成をした経験、

*独立後に節電技術を開発し、自ら特許申請し、取得した経験

の両方を通じて得た知見の範囲以内で、技術特許の申請のためには以下の手順や費用が必要である、ということをお伝えすることだけでした。

1.技術特許の場合、試作品とデータを揃え、第三者がトレース実験しても同じ結果が得られる新規性のある創作であること。(ビジネス・アイデア・モデル特許とは異なります。)

2.特許申請書類は発明者自身又は弁理士経由で作成して特許庁に申請できるが、弁理士ではない素人としての発明者には簡単な作業ではない。

3.申請費用は請求項目数により異なる。

4.特許成立までには他社(者)からのクレームや否定などに対する反証も必要となり、多くの時間、エネルギー、費用が必要となる。

5.運よく特許が成立した場合は毎年の特許維持費用が必要である。

6.特許=利益とは限らない。むしろ、多くの場合、逆である。

なお、知的財産の確立と管理が国、会社の将来を大きく左右し、個人の生活に大きく影響することはここ数十年の世界を見れば明白です。

Responding to patent consultation requests:

I recently received a request through an acquaintance for a consultation regarding a technology patent application.

Since I am not a patent attorney, what I could do was only to inform him that the following procedures and costs are required to apply for a technology patent within the scope of my knowledge gained through the following two experiences of my own.

A: My experience of improving and developing technologies and drafting patent applications when I was a researcher in a company, and through

B: My experience of developing power-saving technologies and obtaining the patent for it after applying for the patent myself after I became independent.

The following steps and costs are required to apply for a technology patent.

(1) In the case of a technology patent, the invention must be novel, with prototypes and data available, and the same results must be obtained even if a third party conducts a trace experiment, which is very different from a business idea model patent.

(2) The patent application documents can be prepared by the inventor himself/herself or through a patent attorney and filed with the Patent Office, but this is not an easy task for the inventor as a layman not a patent lawyer.

(3) The application cost varies depending on the number of claimed items.

(4) A lot of time, energy, and money are required before a patent is granted, as it is necessary to disprove claims and denials made by other companies (or persons).

(5) If a patent is granted by a lucky break, annual patent maintenance fees are required.

(6) Patent does not necessarily mean profit. In fact, the opposite is true in many cases.

It is clear from the world of the last few decades that the establishment and management of intellectual property has a significant impact on the future of countries, companies, and the lives of individuals.