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icy Watch: Comparison between the US and China as to Whether a Secret Sale before the Date of Filing Affacts the Patent Application
200,000 yuan on 7th November 2001. The claimant PREB认为产品的研制和开发常常需要不同的单
and the Bureau jointly prepared the examination ma- 位或个人合作完成。产品的研发过程通常包括设
terials of scientific and technological achievements in 计、试制、测试、鉴定等多个环节。
December 2002. The patent application was filed on
30th December 2002. 在本案中，虽然请求人与晋城矿务局在申请人签
The PREB held that the research and development of 订销售合同，但是直至相关机构出具技术鉴定证
products often requires cooperation among different 书之前，双方属于研发过程的合作。通常情况
units or individuals. This process usually includes de- 下，在产品的研发或开发过程中，参与研发的各
sign, trial, testing, identification, etc. 方对相关的技术内容都负有相应的保密责任，产
In this case, although the claimant and the Bureau en- 品的买方亦不是普通公众或一般消费者，相关技
tered into a sales contract before the filing date, the 术内容对于公众来说不处于可以获知或者想要得
parties’ relationship shall be considered as cooperation 知即可得知的状态。
in research and development until a technical examina-
tion certificate was issued by the relevant organizations. 在通过技术鉴定之前，销售行为只是在产品研
Generally, all parties involved in research and develop- 制、开发过程中为了对产品的性能是否达到约定
ment assume their own responsibilities for keeping 的设计要求而进行的测试、试制过程。科技成果
the relevant technical content in confidence. Since the 鉴定材料是在申请人后出具的。尽管技术鉴定是
seller and the purchaser were not subject to the general 在申请日前通过，但是上述销售行为不能认定专
public or considered as common consumers, the tech- 利公开的在先使用。因此，不构成现有技术。
nology was not available to the public or easily obtain-
able to the public.
Prior to the approval of the technical examination,
the sale was merely a trial testing on whether the per-
formance of the product fulfilled the agreed design
requirements. The examination materials of scientific
and technological achievements were issued after the
application date. Despite the technical approval and
payment by the Bureau prior to the filing date, the sale
could not be defined as a disclosure in the first use.
Thus, it was not a prior art.
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200,000 yuan on 7th November 2001. The claimant PREB认为产品的研制和开发常常需要不同的单
and the Bureau jointly prepared the examination ma- 位或个人合作完成。产品的研发过程通常包括设
terials of scientific and technological achievements in 计、试制、测试、鉴定等多个环节。
December 2002. The patent application was filed on
30th December 2002. 在本案中，虽然请求人与晋城矿务局在申请人签
The PREB held that the research and development of 订销售合同，但是直至相关机构出具技术鉴定证
products often requires cooperation among different 书之前，双方属于研发过程的合作。通常情况
units or individuals. This process usually includes de- 下，在产品的研发或开发过程中，参与研发的各
sign, trial, testing, identification, etc. 方对相关的技术内容都负有相应的保密责任，产
In this case, although the claimant and the Bureau en- 品的买方亦不是普通公众或一般消费者，相关技
tered into a sales contract before the filing date, the 术内容对于公众来说不处于可以获知或者想要得
parties’ relationship shall be considered as cooperation 知即可得知的状态。
in research and development until a technical examina-
tion certificate was issued by the relevant organizations. 在通过技术鉴定之前，销售行为只是在产品研
Generally, all parties involved in research and develop- 制、开发过程中为了对产品的性能是否达到约定
ment assume their own responsibilities for keeping 的设计要求而进行的测试、试制过程。科技成果
the relevant technical content in confidence. Since the 鉴定材料是在申请人后出具的。尽管技术鉴定是
seller and the purchaser were not subject to the general 在申请日前通过，但是上述销售行为不能认定专
public or considered as common consumers, the tech- 利公开的在先使用。因此，不构成现有技术。
nology was not available to the public or easily obtain-
able to the public.
Prior to the approval of the technical examination,
the sale was merely a trial testing on whether the per-
formance of the product fulfilled the agreed design
requirements. The examination materials of scientific
and technological achievements were issued after the
application date. Despite the technical approval and
payment by the Bureau prior to the filing date, the sale
could not be defined as a disclosure in the first use.
Thus, it was not a prior art.
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