【申請】Reduction to Practice 具體化

【申請】Reduction to Practice  具體化

僅是有個idea尚未做實驗是否能夠申請專利？

要申請專利必需是完成conception及reduction to practice，但是所謂的reduction to practice不一定要真正完成實驗或做出成品，只要是提出申請案即可完成“推定具體化”。但應注意的是，推定的具體化尚需符合第112條第1段落。

2138.05 MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE

Reduction to practice may be an actual reduction or a constructive reduction to practice which occurs when a patent application on the claimed invention is filed. The filing of a patent application serves as conception and constructive reduction to practice of the subject matter described in the application. Thus the inventor need not provide evidence of either conception or actual reduction to practice when relying on the content of the patent application. Hyatt v. Boone, 146 F.3d 1348, 1352, 47 USPQ2d 1128, 1130 (Fed.Cir. 1998).

Reduction to Practice分成“實際的具體化”及“推定的具體化”。

The earlier application must meet the enablement requirement and must contain a written description of the subject matter of the interference count. Hyatt v. Boone, 146 F.3d 1348, 1352, 47 USPQ2d 1128, 1130 (Fed. Cir. 1998). Proof of a constructive reduction to practice requires sufficient disclosure under the “how to use” and “how to make” requirements of 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph. Kawaiv. Metlesics, 480 F.2d 880, 886, 178 USPQ 158, 163 (CCPA 1973) (A constructive reduction to practice is not proven unless the specification discloses a practical utility where one would not be obvious. )