中国特許審査指南の研究（5/19）

中国特許実務
審査指南の研究

先週に引き続き、中国特許審査指南より。「シーケンス制御およびサーボ制御に適したコンピュータシステム」に関する方法クレームの「お手本」として以下の例が記載されている。
first programとsecond programによる並列処理の例、と書かれているが、完全な内容がつかめない。翻訳（英訳時）の問題があるのかもしれず、中国語の原文を読む必要がありそうである。

このクレームを実務的な観点で見れば、「storing」のステップは、発明の実施に不可欠であるか（例えば、すでにプログラムをstoreした状態で装置が提供される場合に、その装置が実行する方法が非侵害となる可能性があるが、それでよいか）、など検討する必要があるものと考えられる。クレームの記載不備的なところが多々あるが、それらに関しては省略する。

The following is quoted from CHINA "GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION".
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[Example 3]
An invention application relating to "a computer system suitable for sequence control and servo control" uses parallel processing to conduct sequence control and servo control by taking the instructions of opening, closing, and pausing as the parallel processing instructions between the first and second programs.

The independent process claim of this invention may be drafted as the following:


A process to conduct sequence control and servo control by taking the instructions of opening, closing, and pausing as the parallel processing instructions is characterized by adopting the following steps:

storing the sequence control program or servo control program which is going to execute the task into the program memory of the computer system;

starting the computer system, and the CPU fetching instructions, executing operation according to the programcounter unit, and updating the program counter unit according to the executive instructions;

if the executing instructions are program instructions, the updating of the program counter unit is identical with that of the general computer;

if the executing instructions are opening instructions, the program counter unit is updated as the address of instructions following this opening instruction, i.e., the first address of the parallel processing program which is going to be opened so as to start the operation of the sub-process of controlling;

if the executing instructions are closing instructions, the program counter unit is updated by the address selected from the address list or the address of the instruction following this closing instruction, so that the program per se which issues the said closing instruction or another parallel program stops its execution and other parallel programs start into operation at the same time;

if the executing instructions are pausing instructions, the program counter unit is updated by the address of the instruction following this pausing instruction so that the execution of the program shall be suspended for a certain period of time according to the requirements, and another parallel program is started simultaneously in the period.

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