IP Law Daily, EXPERT INSIGHTS—Reconstructing prior art with software: A CNIPA top-ten invalidation case on parameter-defined optical patents, (Jul 16, 2026)
By Gordon Gao, Gary Song, and Wayne Wong of King & Wood
King & Wood recently represented an optical products company in a series of successful patent invalidation proceedings involving optical imaging system patents. One of those victories—CNIPA Invalidation Decision No. 581571 concerning Chinese invention patent No. ZL20161009, entitled “Optical Imaging System”—resulted in the complete invalidation of the patent and was later selected by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) as one of its 2025 Annual Typical Patent and Reexamination and Invalidation Cases.
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