“第六十九条不应当被理解为一份欧洲专利所提供的保护由权利要求的措辞的严格字面含义来确定，而说明书和附图仅仅用于解释权利要求中的含糊不清之处；也不应当被理解为权利要求仅仅起到一种指导作用，而提供的实际保护可以从所属技术领域的普通技术人员对说明书和附图的理解出发，扩展到专利权人所期望达到的范围。这一条款应当被理解为定义了上述两种极端之间的一种中间立场，从这一立场出发，既能够为专利权人提供良好的保护，同时对他人来说又具有良好的法律确定性”。
“Article 69 should not be interpreted in the sense that the extent of the protection conferred by a European patent is to be understood as that defined by the strict, literal meaning of the wording used in the claims, the description and drawings being employed only for the purpose of resolving an ambiguity found in the claims. Neither should it be interpreted in the sense that the claims serve only as a guideline and that the actual protection conferred may extend to what, from a consideration of the description and drawings by a person skilled in the art, the patentee has contemplated. On the contrary, it is to be interpreted as defining a position between these extremes which combines a fair protection for the patentee with a reasonable degree of certainty for third parties”.
新详解中的翻译真是高。 |
