案例简介2012年最高人民法院知识产权案件年度报告公布的案例中,申请再审人盐城泽田机械有限公司与被申请人盐城市格瑞特机械有限公司侵犯实用新型专利权纠纷案【(2012)民申字第18号】涉及了现有技术抗辩的审查方式。最高人民法院认为,现有技术抗辩的审查方式是以专利权利要求为参照,确定被诉 Case Introduction In the case of the 2012 annual report of the Supreme People’s Court on the intellectual property case, the retrial trial case of Yancheng Zetian Machinery Co., Ltd. and the plaintiff Yancheng Geluite Machinery Co., Ltd. infringing the patent right for utility model [(2012)) Shen Zi No. 18] involves a review of existing technology defenses. The Supreme People’s Court held that the examination of the prior art defense is based on the claim of the patent as the reference to determine the complaint