When Novelty and Non-obviousness Aren’t Enough: Meeting the Requirements of Sufficiency, Enablement and Clarity in Chemical and Life Sciences Cases

Topics to be discussed include:

• Support/enablement/sufficiency/plausibility: what are the differences between these requirements and how do you ensure that you have met them all for your chem and bio cases

• Experimental data: how much and what type is needed such that your invention is enabled, supported, sufficient and plausible?

• Is it possible to avoid clarity issues by careful drafting of your chem and bio cases, and can you remedy all clarity issues during examination?