根据国家知识产权局颁发的《施行修改后的专利法的过渡办法》,对于2009年10月1日之前申请的外观设计专利,适用修改前的专利法(即2001年《专利法》)的规定,对于2009年10月1日之后申请的外观设计专利,适用修改后的专利法(即2009年《专利法》)的规定。因此,专利复审委员会将在较长时间内将面临“旧案旧法、新案新法”印审查局面,不仅需要完善2001年《专利法》框架下的外观设计判断方法,更需要构建 According to the “Transitional Measures for the Implementation of the Amended Patent Law” issued by the State Intellectual Property Office, the provisions of the Patent Law before the Revisions (ie the Patent Law of 2001) shall apply to the design patents applied before October 1, 2009 For the design patent applied after October 1, 2009, the provisions of the amended Patent Law (the “Patent Law of 2009”) shall apply. Therefore, the Patent Reexamination Board will face the situation of “old law, new law and new law” in a relatively long period of time. It will not only improve the method of judging design under the framework of the Patent Law of 2001, but also need to build