102¦~2¤ë¸¹ ¹D ªk ªk °T (250)

DEEP & FAR

 

 

¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò¤§¼¶¼g¡]¤E¤Q¡^

 

½²¶¿²z ±M§Q®v

¡E»OÆW¤j¾Ç¹q¾÷¾Ç¤h

¡E»OÆW¤j¾Ç¹q«H¤uµ{¬ã¨s©Ò

 

 

»s³yª«¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò¡]Article of Manufacture Claims¡^

 

¡±45-I¡@Á`½×¡]In General¡^

 

        ¥D±i»s³yª«¡]¦b35 U.S.C.²Ä101±øºÙ§@"»s«~¡]Manufacture¡^"¡^1»P¸Ë¸m¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³òªº­ì«h¤W¤Ö¦³¤£¦P¡A¦Ó¤j³¡¤À¥ý«eµ¹©wªº³q«h¥i¾A¥Î¡C°ò¥»¤W¡Aª««~³q±`«Y¤¸¥óªº²Õ¦X¡A¦Ó¦³¦p¤@¾÷¨î¤¤¤§¤¸¥ó¡A¨ä¥²¶·³Q©R¦W¤Îºò±K³sô¦b¤@°_¡CµM¦Ó¡AIn re Venezia®×¡A¤¹³\¤@³QÂÔ·V¼¶¼g¤§¤@®M¥¼²Õ¸Ë³¡¥óªº¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò¦¨¬°¤@³Q¾A·í¥D±iªº»s³yª«¡C»s³yª«³q±`¨S¦³¬¡°Ê³¡¥ó¡Ð¨ä¨Ò¬°¤@µÒ¦Ç¬û©ÎÂñ¤l¡ÐµM¦Ó¾÷¾¹¡]§Y¨Ï¥¦­Ì¬O»s³yª«¡^¤@¯ë¦³¬¡°Ê³¡¥ó¥H¤Î¤@¨Ç"¾Þ§@³W«h"¡Ð¨ä¨Ò¬°¤@°v®Ñ¾÷©Î¥´¦r¾÷¡C¦b¬Y¨ÇÁ{¬É®×¨Ò¤¤¡A«ÜÃø°Ï¿ë¤@¯S©wªºµ²ºc¬°¤@»s³yª«©Î¤@¾÷¾¹¡C¤@¹ï°Å¤M«Y¬°¦ó¡]¤@ª««~©Î¤@¾÷¾¹¡^¡H©¯¹Bªº¬O¡A¦¹®t²§¶ÈÄݾdzN¤Wªº¡A¦]¬°±q¥¼¦³¤H´N¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò¤§¥Øªº¡A¦Ó½èºÃ¤@µo©ú¬O§_¦b"¾÷¾¹"©Î"»s«~"ªºÃþ§O¤¤¡C

        ³q±`¡Aª««~¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³òªº«e¨¥¶È¬°©Ò¥D±i²£«~ªº¦WºÙ¡A¨Ò¦p¡G

        ¤@¹qªý

        ¤@ªÎ¨m½L

¤@§ô±a

­Y¨S¦³³q¥Î¦WºÙ¡A§^¤H¥i¨Ï¥Î©M¾÷¾¹¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò¬Û¦üªº¥\¯à©Ê«e¨¥¡A¨Ò¦p"¤@¥Î©ó¡@¡@¡@ªº¸Ë¸m¡A"¡C

        ª««~¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³òªº¤¸¥ó¬°¥Î¨Ó²Õ¦¨©Ò¥D±iª««~ªººc¦¨³¡¥ó¡C¤@²³æªºª««~¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò¦p¤U¡G

 

        7. ¤@¹qªý¥]§t¡G

        ¡@(a) ¤@³³²¡®Ö¡F

        ¡@(b) ¤@¬´¶î¼h¡A¨ä¦ì©ó¸Ó®Ö¤W¡F¥H¤Î

        ¡@(c) ¤@¾É¹q§÷®Æ±a¡A¨ä¦ì©ó¸Ó®Ö¤§¦UºÝ¨Ã¹q±µÄ²©ó¸Ó¬´¶î¼h¡C

 

¤â¬q¥[¥\¯à¤l¥y¡]means-plus-fuction clauses¡A°Ñ¨£²Ä34¸`¡^¥ç¥i¥Î©óª««~¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò¡A¨Ò¦p"¥Î©ó±µµÛ¤¸¥óA¦Ü¤¸¥óBªº¤â¬q¡K[¥H¬Y¨Ç¯S©w¤è¦¡¡A©ÎªÌ¥i¯à¨Ï±o¬Y¨Ç¥\¯à³Q¹F¦¨]¡C2"¡K¦¹¬q±µÄò¤U´Á]

 

µù1¡G"»s«~¡]Manufacture¡^"©M"»s³yª«¡]article of manufacture¡^" ·N«ü¬Û¦P¨Æª«¡CIn re Hruby, 153 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 61 (C.C.P.A. 1967); In re Hadden, 20 F.2d 275 (D.C. Cir. 1927)¡C

µù2¡GIn re Roberts and Burch, 176 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 313 (C.C.P.A. 1973)¡]¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò²Ä1¶µ¡G"ªiª¬»E¹ï­f¤G¥Ò»Ä¤A¤Gà­½¦½¤¡A¨ä¨ã¦³¦p¤ñº¸´ú¸Õ©Ò¨M©w¤§¤Ö©ó¬ù0.40ªºªí­±¿iÀ¿«Y¼Æ"¡^¡FIn re Echerd and Watters, 176 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 321 (C.C.P.A. 1973)¡]¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò²Ä12¶µ¡G"¤@¡KºÞ¥]¼h§÷®Æ¡K¨ã¦³¥R¤À¥iÄǩʤÎÀã±j«×¥H¦bµ´¼öºÞªí­±³B¼éÀã®É¡A¤¹³\¨ä³Q¥]ÂСK¨Ã¨ã¦³¥R¤ÀªºÂHµÛ¯S©Ê¥H¦bÀH«á¤§°®Àê®É¡A©TÂH¦Û¨­©ó¸Óªí­±"¡^¡FIn re Swinehart and Sfiligoj, 169 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 26 (C.C.P.A. 1971)¡FIn re Ludtke and Sloan, 169 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 563 (C.C.P.A. 1971)¡C¦¹¥~¡A¦¹ºØ¥\¯à©Ê¥i¥H³Q­t­±¦aªí¹F¡A¨Ò¦p"³z¹L[A©MB]¦b¤@·Å«×¤U²V¦X¨Ó§Î¦¨¡A¨ä¤¤¡A[A©MBµLªk§Î¦¨[¬Y¨Ç¤£·Q­nªº¤Æ¦Xª«]¡K¡C"In re Barr, Willians, and Whitmore, 170 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 330 (C.C.P.A. 1971)¡C¥ç¥i°Ñ¨£MPEP 706.03(c)²Ä17¸`¡CµM¦Ó¡A§^¤HÀ³ª`·N¡A³\¦h«DÃöµ|º[±M§Q¤W¶Dªk°|¡]C.C.P.A.¡^«I®`§P¨M¦ü¥GÄÄ­z¸Ë¸m©Mª««~¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³òªº¥i±M§Q©Ê¨Ì¦s©óµ²ºc­­¨î¦Ó«D"¶È¶È¬O"¥\¯à±Ô­z¡A¦ÓµL½×¨ä·N¦ó«ü¡C¨Ò¦p¡A°Ñ¨£Bowles Fluideics Corp. v. Mossinghoff, 228 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 512 (D.D.C. 1985); Scott Paper Co. v. Fort Howard Paper Co., 167 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 4 (7th Cir. 1970); Galland-Henning Mfg. Co. v. Dempster Bros., 165 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 688 (E.D. Tenn. 1970). ¬°ÁקK¦¹°ÝÃD¡A¨Ï¥Î²Ä112±ø©Ò¤¹­ãªº¸Ë¸m©Î¤â¬q¨Ó§¹¦¨¤@¥\¯à¥Ó½Ð±M§Q½d³ò®æ¦¡¡C