undue experimentation. Patents. An unreasonable amount of research and testing that would be required for a person skilled in the appropriate art to make and work an invention from the specification in the patent application. • If undue experimentation would be required, the application fails the embodiment requirement of 35 USCA § 112. See WANDS […]
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person with ordinary skill in the art. Patents. A fictional construct of the patent laws, denoting someone who has reasonably developed abilities in the field of the invention at issue. • The patent application must be clear and complete enough to teach a person skilled in the art how to make and use the invention
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nonenablement. Patents. In a patent application’s specification, the quality of not being clear or complete enough to teach a person skilled in the art how to make and use the invention without undue experimentation. — Also termed lack of enablement.
Patents. A fictional construct of the patent laws, denoting someone who has reasonably developed abilities in the field of the invention at issue. • The patent application must be clear and complete enough to teach a person skilled in the art how to make and use the invention without undue experimentation. [Cases: Patents 16(3).]
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enablement. Patents. The disclosure in a patent application; specif., the description of the subject matter clear and complete enough to teach a person with ordinary skill in the art how to make and use the invention. • If the artisan would still be unable to work the invention without undue experimentation after reading the description
Patents. The embodiment of the concept of an invention, either by physical construction and operation or by filing a patent application with a disclosure adequate to teach a person reasonably skilled in the art how to make and work the invention without undue experimentation. • The date of reduction to practice is critical in determining
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enablement requirement. Patents. The rule that the specification of a patent application must describe the invention so that a person with ordinary skill in the art could make and use the invention without undue experimentation. • A specification that meets this requirement is referred to as enabling. Cf. ENABLING SOURCE. [Cases: Patents 99. C.J.S. Patents
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Wands test. Patents. A judicial test of “undue experimentation” for determining whether a patent application’s specification teaches one skilled in the art how to make and work the claimed invention. In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731 (Fed. Cir. 1988). • The test takes account of eight factors: (1) how much experimentation would be needed, (2)
reduction to practice. Patents. The embodiment of the concept of an invention, either by physical construction and operation or by filing a patent application with a disclosure adequate to teach a person reasonably skilled in the art how to make and work the invention without undue experimentation. • The date of reduction to practice is
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