AIPLA | Chemical Patent Practice - 2004 Spring Meeting -
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Published on: 2/13/2004
Last Visited: 11/21/2005
The featured speakers were Mark Skoog, of Merchant & Gould who spoke on the topic of enablement, Steve Szczepanski, of Kelley Drye & Warren who spoke on the topic of anticipation by inherency, Paul Cole, of Lucas & Co. who spoke on empirical research tool inventions and Benjamin Bai of Jones Day, who spoke on the topic of enablement of generic claims.
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Paul Cole of Lucas & Co., in the United Kingdom gave a presentation entitled "Empirical Research Inventions Allowable Generic Claim Scope".
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Benjamin Bai followed Paul Cole with a presentation entitled "Enablement of Generic Claims".
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The "Incandescent Lamp" case, 159 U.S. 465, involving U.S. Patent No. 317,676 discussed by Dr. Paul Cole is an exemplary case, where it was found that description of a species may not support claims to a genus where there is no predictability in the art.