Justification of the Inventive Activity : The proceeding before the DPMA, the EPO, and the Federal Patent Court / by Thomas Heinz Meitinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meitinger, Thomas Heinz.

Series:

Law and Criminology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanical engineering.

Technological innovations.

Law.

Mechanical Engineering.

Innovation and Technology Management.

Local Subjects:

Mechanical Engineering.

Innovation and Technology Management.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

A patent can be a very important asset for a company. However, the path to obtaining one is often challenging. Only inventions that are completely new and demonstrate an inventive step are granted a patent. Therefore, the key criteria for patent grant are novelty and inventive step. The justification of the inventive step regularly determines the outcome of the examination proceedings before the patent offices—the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) and the European Patent Office (EPO)—and in contentious cases before the Federal Patent Court (BPatG). Consequently, the criterion of inventive step deserves the utmost attention. This specialized book provides readers with the legal know-how necessary to successfully justify the inventive step of their invention in proceedings before the DPMA, the EPO, and the BPatG, or to effectively challenge a third party’s patent in litigation. Dr. Thomas Heinz Meitinger is a German and European patent attorney. After studying electrical engineering in Karlsruhe, he initially worked as a development engineer. Later positions included roles as production manager and technical director in medium-sized companies. Dr. Meitinger regularly publishes scientific articles, writes specialist books on industrial property law and technical topics, and gives lectures on patent, trademark, and design law. Dr. Meitinger holds the degrees Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) and Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (FH). In addition, he has earned the following master’s degrees: LL.M., LL.M., MBA, MBA, M.A., and M.Sc. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Contents:

1. The history of inventive activity

2. Fundamentals of patent law

3. The patent law skilled person

4. Interpretation of the claims

5. The inventive step

6. Indicators of inventive step

7. Practical examples.

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ISBN:

3-662-72735-8

9783662727355

OCLC:

1572207132