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Japan IP court restores canceled patent claims and upholds a ground improvement invention

By Toko Sekiguchi ( December 3, 2024, 08:49 GMT | Insight) -- The IP High Court of Japan reinstated patent claims for Kyokado Engineering's ground improvement method, ruling that the inventive steps, particularly the injection conditions, were not easily derived from existing documents, contrary to the patent office's earlier decision.Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court found that a patent on ground improvement held by a civil engineering company was valid, reversing the patent office’s cancellation judgment on patent claims, which the patent regulator said were easily derived from existing research documents....

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