Journal article
The Doctrinal Structure of Patent Law's Enablement Requirement
Vanderbilt law review, Vol.69(6), pp.1679-1714
11/01/2016
Abstract
This Article examines the formal law of enablement, focusing on a perceived split in the enablement doctrine: whether disclosure of a single mode of an invention is necessarily sufficient to satisfy the requirement of enablement or whether the full scope of the claim must be enabled. In examining this split, this Article articulates the enablement inquiry in conceptual terms, identifying two elements of the courts' analyses that are implicit in every enablement determination: the nature of enablement disputes as challenges and the articulation of a target or targets that must be enabled. With this understanding in mind, the "full scope" and "any mode" language are easily reconciled: For any given target, one mode suffices. But each and every target must be enabled.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Doctrinal Structure of Patent Law's Enablement Requirement
- Creators
- Jason Rantanen - Univ Iowa, Coll Law, Law, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Vanderbilt law review, Vol.69(6), pp.1679-1714
- ISSN
- 0042-2533
- eISSN
- 1942-9886
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt Law Review
- Number of pages
- 36
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Law Faculty; Central Admin Facilities
- Record Identifier
- 9985180936802771
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