The United States Patent and Trademark Office is reminding applicants that patent applications must properly present examples in a manner that clearly distinguishes between prophetic examples that describe predicted experimental results and working examples that report actual experimental results. The distinction must be clear to satisfy the written description and enablement requirements and comply with the applicant’s duty of disclosure.
The Federal Register Notice is available here.
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