本案經Tianma對系爭專利提起IPR異議程序,LG隨即請求撤銷啟始IPR(request for discretionary denial of institution),簡單來說,LG主張其背後涉及政府(中國),Tianma只是人頭。
根據以上引用內容,專利權人LG主張異議人未披露全部利害關係人(real parties in interest,RPI),認為其中包括外國政府國防實體(意指中國國防部之類的吧!),並且主張以上未披露行為涉及國家安全利益,因此請求駁回啟始IPR。
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USPTO:
https://www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/micro-entity-status
這個段落標題說到「每次繳費時都要重新評估微實體狀態」!!!
1.2 Micro entity status must be reevaluated every time a fee is paid
After micro entity status has been established in an application
or patent, it will remain in effect until it is changed. However, the applicant or patentee must re-evaluate whether or not
the application or patent still qualifies for micro entity status each and every time a fee is paid to the USPTO in that application or patent. This is particularly important
if the application or patent qualified under the gross income basis, because
(1) the income limit changes every year (usually in September or October) and
(2) the gross income of any applicant, inventor or other person with an ownership interest in the patent or
application will likely change from year to year. For more information
concerning the income limit, see section 2.3 Maximum qualifying gross income.
If the applicant or patentee determines that the application or patent still qualifies for micro entity status, then the fee may be paid in the micro
entity amount. There is no need to re-file the micro entity certification form
every time a payment is made.
If an application or patent no
longer qualifies for micro entity
status, for example because the income limit for the gross income basis is no
longer met, then the applicant or patentee must file a notification of a loss of entitlement to micro entity status in the application or patent. The “Notification of Loss of
Entitlement to Micro Entity Status” form (Form SB/460) may
be used to notify the USPTO of loss of entitlement to micro entity status.
Information about how to notify the USPTO of loss on entitlement to micro
entity status can be found in MPEP sections 509.04(e), 509.04(f) and 2550(II) (maintenance fees). If micro entity status is no longer applicable, the fee should be
paid in either the small entity or undiscounted amount.
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102(a)(1) |
102(a)(2) |
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(a) NOVELTY; PRIOR ART.—A person shall be
entitled to a patent unless— (1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a
printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise
available to the public before the effective
filing date of the claimed invention; or (主張權利的發明已於”有效申請日”前已有專利、揭露於文獻中,或公開使用、販售,或以其他方式提供給公眾,無法取得專利。)(申請前已揭露) |
(a) NOVELTY; PRIOR ART.—A person shall be
entitled to a patent unless— (2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued
under section 151, or in an application for
patent published or deemed published under
section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names
another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. (要主張權利的發明已經被申請日比發明的”有效申請日”更早的他人專利、公開申請案、早期公開案所揭露,無法取得專利。)(申請前已有他案更早申請,特別是指美國專利/申請案(patent issued under section 151)(updated on June 27, 2025)) |
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102(b)(1) EXCEPTIONS.— |
102(b)(2) EXCEPTIONS.— |
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(1) DISCLOSURES MADE 1 YEAR OR LESS BEFORE
THE EFFECTIVE FILING DATE OF THE CLAIMED
INVENTION.— A disclosure made 1 year or less before the effective filing date of a claimed
invention shall not be prior art to the
claimed invention under subsection (a)(1) if— (在主張權利的發明有效申請日之前一年或一年內的揭露內容非為102(a)(1)規定的先前技術的例外事項包括:)(呼應102(a)(1)) |
(2) DISCLOSURES APPEARING IN APPLICATIONS
AND PATENTS.— A disclosure shall
not be prior art to a claimed invention under subsection (a)(2) if— (揭露內容非為102(a)(2)規定發明的先前技術的例外事項包括:)(呼應102(a)(2)) |
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(A) the disclosure
was made by the inventor or joint inventor
or by another who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly or
indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor;
or (情況一:當申請前一年內揭露的內容是由發明人或共同發明人所揭露,或他人自發明人或共同發明人直接或間接取得的揭露內容,申請前的揭露內容不能成為先前技術。) |
(A) the subject
matter disclosed was obtained directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor; (情況一:當更早申請案的內容是從發明人或共同發明人直接或間接取得。) |
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(B) the subject matter disclosed had,
before such disclosure, been publicly disclosed by the inventor
or a joint inventor or another who obtained the subject matter
disclosed directly or indirectly from the inventor or
a joint inventor. (情況二:當發明人或共同發明人的公開揭露,或他人自發明人或共同發明人直接或間接取得的揭露內容比申請前一年內揭露的內容更早,申請前的揭露內容不能成為先前技術。)(發明人更早的揭露內容可排除申請前一年內的揭露內容。) |
(B) the subject
matter disclosed had, before such
subject matter was effectively filed under subsection (a)(2), been publicly disclosed by the inventor or a joint
inventor or another who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly or
indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor; or (情況二:若在102(a)(2)規定下的前申請案之前,已有發明人或共同發明人的公開內容,或是他人自發明人或共同發明人直接或間接取得的公開內容,可排除有效申請日前的申請案。) |
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(C) the subject
matter disclosed and the claimed invention, not
later than the effective filing date of the claimed invention, were
owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of assignment to the
same person. (情況三:在不晚於主張權利的發明的有效申請日,若在前揭露內容為相同人所擁有,或是受到約束應受讓給相同人,有效申請日前的申請案可被排除。) |
Ron