Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications under the 35 U.S.C. 112 "Written Description" Requirement

Comments on Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications under the 35 U.S.C. 112 "Written Description" Requirement

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Howard B. Barnaby for New YorK Intellectual Property Assoc.
Iver P. Cooper
Melvyn M. Kassenoff
Gordon Kit
Lawrence M. Lavin, Jr.
Robert Marchick for the U.S. Dept of Energy
Kate H. Murashige
Harris A. Pitlick
Eric S. Spector
Jack Spiegel for the National Institutes of Health [1.1MB]
Jack Spiegel for the National Institutes of Health (second submission) [350kB]
John D. Vandenberg
Harold Varmus
Valerie Vreeland
William Watkins
William Moore [320kB]
Tim Roberts for the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, London
Jill B. Valentine for the Trademarks, Patents and Designs Federation
Joy L. Bryant for the National Association of Patent Practitioners [340kB]
Richard Parry for the U.S. Dept. of Agric., Agric. Res. Service
David Schmickel for the Biotechnology Industry Organization
Herbert H. Jervis for Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Richard Shear for Monsanto
Thomas Webster for Eli Lilly
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Society
Toshimichi Moriya for the Japanese Patent Office
Terence A. Feuerborn for the University of California
Genentech, Inc. [500kB]
A.I.P.L.A. [290kB]
Oral Hearing Public Comments [2.6MB]

Last Modified : 5 May 1999