摘要：指对一项在某一领域具有开创性贡献、标志科学技术重大进步的技术发明所授予的专利。例如具有一项新功能的专利或是全新的发明设计，而不只是对原有发明专利的改进和完善。

pioneer patent 首创性专利；开创性专利

指对一项在某一领域具有开创性贡献、标志科学技术重大进步的技术发明所授予的专利。例如具有一项新功能的专利或是全新的发明设计，而不只是对原有发明专利的改进和完善。

Pioneer patent refers to a patent that covers a function or a major technological advance never before performed. The technological advance can either be a wholly new device, or subject matter of novelty and importance. Such technological advance shall be a distinct step in the progress of the art, as differentiated from a mere improvement or perfection of what had gone before. A pioneer patent shall not be the first patent published by a national registry. Under the U.S. law, the claims relating to a pioneer patent are entitled to broader interpretation and therefore, should be given a broader range of equivalents. 以下为相关例句，以加深对该术语的理解：

例句1

Pioneer Patent (also termed a “Fundamental Patent“) is one of the most overused terms in intellectual property law. A pioneer patent discloses an invention that creates a new technical field or new technical direction in an existing field. The term is a hackneyed expression in litigation—everyone seems to want to dub theirs a “pioneer patent,” no matter how prosaic, derivative, or un-pioneering it might actually be. Nonetheless, it is fair to say that pioneer patents do exist.

首创性专利（也称为“基础专利”）是知识产权法中使用最频繁的术语之一。首创性专利公开了在现有领域中创造新的技术领域或新的技术方向的发明。这个术语在诉讼中是一个老生常谈的表达——每个人似乎都想把他们的专利称为“首创性专利”，不管它实际上可能多么平淡无奇、衍生或不具首创性。尽管如此，公平地说，首创性专利确实存在。

例句2

Pioneer patents are entitled to much broader protection under American patent law that those that are deemed to be improvements in an existing technology. In Westinghouse v. Boyden Power Brake Co., the Supreme Court defined a pioneer patent to cover “…a function never before performed, a wholly novel device, or one of such novelty and importance as to mark a distinct step in the progress of the art, as distinguished from a mere improvement or perfection of what has gone before."

根据美国专利法，首创性专利比那些被认为是对现有技术的改进的专利享有更广泛的保护。在西屋诉博伊登动力制动公司一案中，最高法院将首创性专利定义为涵盖“……一种以前从未执行过的功能，一种全新的装置，或一种具有新颖性和重要性的装置，标志着技术进步的一个明显的步骤，区别于对以前已有技术的单纯改进或完善。”

例句3

It was therefore entitled to be considered a pioneer patent and given a “liberal interpretation.” The concept of a pioneer patent is unique to American patent law, which partly explains why the Wright brothers had more difficulty defending their patent in Europe than they did at home.

因此，它有资格被认为是一个首创性专利，并给予“自由的解释。”首创性专利的概念是美国专利法所独有的，这部分解释了为什么莱特兄弟在欧洲比在国内更难捍卫他们的专利。

例句4

Incremental Patent refers to a patent that adds to an existing technological field or improves the design or execution of already existing technologies but is not a fundamental or pioneer patent. Sometimes also referred to as an improvement patent.

增量专利是指添加到现有技术领域或改进现有技术的设计或实施的专利，但不是基础专利或首创性专利。有时也被称为改进专利。

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