Because in the substantive examination stage, examiners generally can't know the technologies that are publicly used at home and abroad or are known to the public in other ways, therefore, the comparative documents cited in the substantive examination procedure are mainly public publications.
The referenced comparison files can be one or more; The referenced content can be all or part of each comparison file.
The comparison file is objective technical data. When judging the novelty and creativity of an invention or utility model by citing comparative documents, the technical contents disclosed in the comparative documents shall prevail. The technical contents include not only the contents clearly recorded in the comparison document, but also the implied technical contents that can be directly and undoubtedly determined by the technicians in the technical field. However, the contents of the comparison document shall not be expanded or reduced at will.
In addition, if the comparison document includes drawings, the drawings can also be cited. However, when quoting the attached drawings, the examiner must pay attention to the fact that only the technical features that can be directly grounded and determined without any doubt belong to the public content, and the contents inferred from the attached drawings are either not explained in words or only inferred from the attached drawings.
The dimensions measured in and their relationships should not be published.