5 November 2024NewsAmericasOlga Zimmerman Director Intellectual Property Caribou Biosciences, Matthew Gordon Vice President Legal Myriad Genetics Inc, Susan Krumplitsch Partner DLA Piper, William Mulholland Partner DLA Piper, Graham Cole Director Intellectual Property Office of Technology Licensing City of Hope

WATCH: Navigating enablement and written description requirement standards in the USPTO

On January 10 this year, the director of the USPTO issued new guidelines on enablement under 35 U.S.C §112. In recent years, the landscape of patent law in the United States has undergone a significant shift, with courts adopting a more stringent stance on the criteria of enablement and written description.

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