Shi Bisheng, the author of Research on Assessment of Inventive Step of Patent, is also a judge of the IP Tribunal of the Beijing Higher People’s Court. He holds a bachelor degree in Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology and a master degree in Civil and Commercial Law from Peking University; moreover he earned a bachelor degree in Law and a doctorate degree on Comparative Jurisprudence from China University of Political Science and Law. He undertook over 500 commercial cases and over 1000 IP cases while serving the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court. He has also been involved in many scientific research programs, such as the National Technical Support Program, the Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project, and been involved key research projects for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as well as other Beijing Courts.

Author: Shi Bisheng

Publisher: Intellectual Property Publishing House

Publication Date: February 1st, 2012

ISBN: 9787513009140

Edition: 1

Paperback: 392 pages

Book Description:

Research on Assessment of Inventive Step of Patent has significant practical value. The book's author, a sitting judge in the Court of Second Instance dealing with patent authorization and determination, has accumulated extensive experience from hearing patent cases. Therefore, he focuses on the practical issues in patent authorization and determination in the book. After analyzing the historical development of administrative judgments on patent authorization and determination since 2001, the author concludes that under current law, problems exist in the assessment of inventive step of patent in practice and uses these problems as the base of his research. It represents the discipline of using empirical research in legal practice, and its practicality will impress patent attorneys and lawyers.

In addition, the book also presents the reader with issues of great theoretical value. It was written based on the outstanding doctoral theses submitted at China University of Political Science and Law, which grants only 10 theses awards annually. A large number of innovative theoretical issues can be found in the book. It systematically and profoundly explores the basic theoretical issues concerning inventive step and also touches on some of the higher theoretical issue which are at the height of understanding the inventive step of patent with ingenuity. Finally, it studies the objectivity issue, which is considered to be the most difficult and complicated topic in the research of assessing the inventive steps of patent law and has finally provides constructive amendment suggestions on the regulations of the inventive steps in the Patent Law. It provides both comparative jurisprudence research and patent law research with its beneficial perspective and comprehensive contents.

(Translated by Emily Tan)