Course curriculum

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    Appendix V Overview

    • Appendix V Analysis

    • Patent Training Workshop: 35 U.S.C. 112

    • Patent Training Workshop: Written Description

    • Patent Training Workshop: Enabling Disclosure

    • Patent Training Workshop: Best Mode
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    2161 Three Separate Requirements

    • 2161 Three Separate Requirements for Specification Under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, First Paragraph

    • 2161.01 Computer Programming, Computer Implemented Inventions, and 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, First Paragraph
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    2162 Policy Underlying 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, First Paragraph

    • 2162 Policy Underlying 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, First Paragraph
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    2163 "Written Description" Requirement

    • 2163 Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, para. 1, "Written Description" Requirement

    • 2163.01 Support for the Claimed Subject Matter in Disclosure

    • 2163.02 Standard for Determining Compliance With the Written Description Requirement

    • 2163.03 Typical Circumstances Where Adequate Written Description Issue Arises

    • 2163.04 Burden on the Examiner with Regard to the Written Description Requirement

    • 2163.05 Changes to the Scope of Claims

    • 2163.06 Relationship of Written Description Requirement to New Matter

    • 2163.07 Amendments to Application Which Are Supported in the Original Description
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    2164 The Enablement Requirement

    • 2164 The Enablement Requirement

    • 2164.01 Test of Enablement

    • 2164.02 Working Example

    • 2164.03 Relationship of Predictability of the Art and the Enablement Requirement

    • 2164.04 Burden on the Examiner Under the Enablement Requirement

    • 2164.05 Determination of Enablement Based on Evidence as a Whole

    • 2164.06 Quantity of Experimentation

    • 2164.07 Relationship of Enablement Requirement to Utility Requirement of 35 U.S.C. 101

    • 2164.08 Enablement Commensurate in Scope With the Claims
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    2165 The Best Mode Requirement

    • 2165 The Best Mode Requirement

    • 2165.01 Considerations Relevant to Best Mode

    • 2165.02 Best Mode Requirement Compared to Enablement Requirement

    • 2165.03 Requirements for Rejection for Lack of Best Mode

    • 2165.04 Examples of Evidence of Concealment
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    2171 Two Separate Requirements for Claims

    • 2171 Two Separate Requirements for Claims Under 35 U.S.C. 112 (b) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, Second Paragraph
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    2172 Subject Matter Which the Inventor or a Joint Inventor Regards as The Invention

    • 2172 Subject Matter Which the Inventor or a Joint Inventor Regards as The Invention

    • 2172.01 Unclaimed Essential Matter
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    2173 Claims Must Particularly Point Out and Distinctly Claim the Invention

    • 2173 Claims Must Particularly Point Out and Distinctly Claim the Invention

    • 2173.01 Interpreting the Claims

    • 2173.02 Determining Whether Claim Language is Definite

    • 2173.03 Correspondence Between Specification and Claims

    • 2173.04 Breadth Is Not Indefiniteness

    • 2173.05 Specific Topics Related to Issues Under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, Second Paragraph
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    2174 Relationship Between the Requirements

    • 2174 Relationship Between the Requirements of 35 U.S.C. 112(a) and (b) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, First and Second Paragraphs
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    2181 Identifying and Interpreting a 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, Sixth Paragraph Limitation

    • 2181 Identifying and Interpreting a 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, Sixth Paragraph Limitation
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    2183 Making a Prima Facie Case of Equivalence

    • 2183 Making a Prima Facie Case of Equivalence
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    2184 Determining Whether an Applicant Has Met the Burden of Proving Nonequivalence After a Prima Facie Case Is Made

    • 2184 Determining Whether an Applicant Has Met the Burden of Proving Nonequivalence After a Prima Facie Case Is Made
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    2185 Related Issues Under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or (b) and Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, First or Second Paragraphs

    • 2185 Related Issues Under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or (b) and Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, First or Second Paragraphs
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    2186 Relationship to the Doctrine of Equivalents

    • 2186 Relationship to the Doctrine of Equivalents
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    Appendix V Quizzes

    • Appendix V: 35 U.S.C. 112 Workbook Quiz

    • Appendix V: 35 U.S.C. 112 Short Answer