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问题专利产生了严重的社会后果,提高专利授权质量具有迫切性。高质量的现有技术检索是提高专利授权质量的前提,这在专利申请数量巨大的背景下显得尤为重要。专利申请人及其代理人在专利审查过程中,应向专利审查部门依诚信原则披露其所知悉的、对申请案之可专利性具有关键性价值的参考资料。建立具有法律效力的现有技术披露义务符合专利制度的立法目的和利益平衡原则,节约现有技术检索的社会成本,从而保障专利审查中现有技术检索的质量。我国《专利法》第36条规定了该义务,但没有规定相应的法律后果。我国应通过立法和司法两方面来完善申请人的现有技术披露义务。
The problem patent poses serious social consequences, and there is an urgent need to improve the quality of patent licensing. High quality prior art retrieval is a prerequisite to improve the quality of patent grants, which is particularly important in the context of the huge number of patent applications. During the patent examination process, the patent applicant and its agent shall disclose to the patent examination department, in accordance with the principle of good faith, reference materials which are known to be of great value to the patentability of the application. The establishment of legally effective disclosure obligations of existing technology complies with the legislative purpose and the principle of interest balance of the patent system and saves the social costs of existing technology searches so as to ensure the quality of the prior art search in patent examination. Article 36 of China’s Patent Law stipulates this obligation, but it does not stipulate the corresponding legal consequences. Our country should improve the applicant’s existing technical disclosure obligations through both legislation and judicature.