In re Knowlton’s Empirical Analysis
500 F.2d 566 · 1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112
Relies on In re Marzocchi · Application of Robert E. Moore and Edward J. Janoski · In re Fouche · In re Davies · In re Halleck
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“a specification disclosure which contains a teaching of the manner and process of making and using the invention . . . must be taken as in compliance with the enabling requirement of the first paragraph of § 112 unless there is reason to doubt the objective truth of the statements contained therein which must be relied on for enabling support.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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