Requirements for Unity of Application - Japan Patent Office
Requirements for Unity of Application - Japan Patent Office
Requirements for Unity of Application - Japan Patent Office
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3.3.3 Handling Process <strong>for</strong> the Product and Product <strong>for</strong> Handling the Product<br />
“Handling a product” refers to the maintenance and/or extraction <strong>of</strong> the function <strong>of</strong> the<br />
product, by externally acting on the product, in principle without causing change to the essence<br />
<strong>of</strong> the product. Transportation and storage <strong>of</strong> the product, <strong>for</strong> example, fall under this category.<br />
<strong>Unity</strong> <strong>of</strong> application shall be recognized if the “handling process <strong>for</strong> the product” or<br />
“product <strong>for</strong> handling the product” <strong>of</strong> the related invention is suited to handling the product <strong>of</strong><br />
the specified invention, even if the same process or product could also be applied to handling<br />
products other than the product <strong>of</strong> specified invention.<br />
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