Questions for the expert

Total questions: 43. Find suitable wording and build a selection to discuss the assignment.

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Patent and technical examination of a product or process

Which features of the independent claim can be checked technically?
Which of the features examined are found in the submitted object?
Which features are absent or cannot be established from the available materials?
Are the drawing data consistent with the actual structure of the specimen examined?
Which additional data are needed to complete the comparison?

Patent information examination

Which published solutions relate to the stated technical task?
Which search features and classification headings were used?
Which technical similarities and differences were found in the selected documents?
Which sources were published before the specified date?
Which search limitations must be considered when interpreting the result?

Examination of an industrial design and product design

Which appearance features are available for comparison?
Which similarities and differences were identified between the submitted images and the product?
How are the design elements compared positioned and related?
Which differences arise from viewpoint, scale or image quality?
Which material limitations affect the final comparison?

Comparative examination of signs and trademarks

Which elements form the signs compared?
Which graphic, phonetic or semantic features are available for analysis?
Which similarities and differences characterise the signs as a whole?
Which elements did the examination author select, and is that selection justified?
Are the materials sufficient to answer the comparative questions posed?

Examination of works, images and designs

Which fragments or elements coincide in the objects compared?
What are the nature and extent of the similarities and differences identified?
Which features relate to shared source materials or a technical template?
Is the sequence of submitted versions consistent with their metadata?
Which questions about creation circumstances cannot be resolved from the available data?

Comparison of software and databases in an intellectual property dispute

Which modules and fragments are available in the submitted sets?
Which similarities and differences were identified in the source code?
What role do libraries, templates and automatically generated elements play?
Do the materials contain data relating to the specified development version?
Which circumstances of creation and transfer cannot be established by technical comparison?

Review of an intellectual property expert report

Were the objects compared and their versions identified correctly?
Are the methods for identifying and checking features explained?
Have features of different products or publications been combined without justification?
Does the conclusion correspond to the technical circumstances actually established?
Which significant limitations of the input data did the author omit?

Additional questions for the reviewer

Are protection documents and the object versions checked identified?
Have all relevant features been compared regardless of the desired outcome?
Is the method of identifying matching fragments justified?
Have publicly available libraries, templates or other common sources been considered?
Has information about another product been substituted for examination of the product concerned?
Are source dates and information search limits stated?
Are technical results distinguished from legal characterisation?
Does the degree of certainty of the conclusion correspond to the data actually available?