《專利法》第四十五條規定,自國務院專利行政部門公告授予專利權之日起,任何單位或者個人認爲該專利的授予不符合本法有關規定的,可以請求專利複審委員會宣告該專利權無效。同時,《專利法實施細則》也沒有對專利無效宣告請求人資格作任何限制。在此情形下,《專利審查指南》關於以權利衝突爲由請求宣告外觀設計專利無效的,請求人限於在先權利人或者利害關係人的相關規定~1,在司法實踐中引發了一定的爭議。 Article 45 of the Patent Law stipulates that since the announcement of the grant of the patent right by the patent administration department of the State Council, any unit or individual considers that the grant of the patent does not comply with the relevant provisions of this Law, the patent examination commission may request the announcement of the patent Invalid right. In the meantime, the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law did not impose any restrictions on the qualifications of patent invalidation requesters. In this case, the “Patent Examination Guidelines” on the grounds of conflict of rights request for the declaration of design patents invalid, the claimant limited to the previous obligee or the relevant provisions of interested parties ~ 1, in judicial practice has caused some controversy .