分案申請制度研究

Research on Divisional Application System

近年來，隨著申請人和社會公眾對專利制度的進一步瞭解，申請人和代理人越來越多地利用分案申請制度對專利申請尋求保護。但是，隨著分案申請量的不斷增加，存在個別申請人在較短時間提出大量分案申請的非正常現象。另外，在專利審查實踐中也發現了申請人濫用分案申請制度，從而導致重複申請、申請超範圍等現象。上述現象的產生，說明我國現行分案申請制度尚存在亟需解決的問題。如何在現行分案申請制度的基礎上進行進一步規範，實現專利申請人和社會公眾之間的利益平衡，從而提高分案申請的品質，是當前面臨的一個難題。鑒於國外分案申請制度並結合本國國情，提出了在立法層面上，加強對分案申請的規定；在政策層面上，推動專利從量到質的轉變；在操作層面上，加強系統建設，將分案納入非正常申請制度等具體建議，以期能夠有效解決目前分案申請的非正常狀態，維護專利制度的公正性和嚴肅性。

In recent years, with the applicants and the public learning more about the patent system, the applicants and agents are increasingly using divisional application system for sought of patent protection. However, with the continuously increasing of divisional application quantity, there exists a phenomenon that lot’s of divisional applications were applied by some applicants in a short time. In addition, during the patent examination, one abnormal phenomenon is also found that some applicants abused divisional application system to obtain repeated application, exceed the scope, etc. Such phenomena described above show that the current divisional application system of our country still exists some problems to be solved urgently. It is a current difficulty how to further regulate the divisional application system on the basis of the current system and realize the interest balance between the patent applicants and the public, so as to improve the quality of divisional application. Given the foreign divisional application system and its own national conditions, presented at the legislative level, to strengthen the provisions of the divisional application; at the policy level, promoting patent transformation from quantity to quality; at the operational level, to strengthen the system construction, will specific recommendations included the divisional application system and other non-normal, in order to effectively address the current state of the non-normal divisional applications, and the justice and seriousness of patent right can be maintained.