This article analyses and compares the two main approaches that deal with the relationship between patent exclusive rights and the artefacts embodying patented inventions (usually chattel). Namely, it examines the implied licence approach and the exhaustion approach, at the national and international level, and extrapolates the scope of patent exclusive rights under these two models. The article uses the international dimension to highlight that having two approaches complicates international trade and that this is exacerbated by the nature of the exclusive rights themselves. Highlighting the fact that several exclusive rights only exist upon embodiment, do not marry up to the invention as claimed, and are – for all intents and purposes – served by rights in choses in possession, the article argues that several patent exclusive rights have no practical purpose. The article suggests a simplified approach to patent exclusive rights and thereby the relationship between patented inventions and their physical embodiments.

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穷尽专利权v隐含许可方法：解开专利权网

本文分析并比较了两种主要方法，这些方法处理专利专有权和体现专利发明的人工制品（通常是动产）之间的关系。即，它在国家和国际级别研究了隐含许可方法和穷竭方法，并推断了这两种模型下的专利专有权的范围。本文使用国际层面来强调指出，采用两种方法会使国际贸易复杂化，而且专有权本身的性质会加剧这种情况。着重指出以下事实：只有在实施时才存在几个专有权，这些专有权不符合所要求保护的发明，并且出于所有意图和目的，均由拥有的选择权来提供服务，该文章认为，若干专利专有权没有实际目的。该文章提出了一种简化的专利专有权方法，从而提出了专利发明及其物理实施方式之间的关系。