What is the standard for determining if a specification is enabling for inventions involving multiple technologies?
For inventions involving multiple technologies, the standard for determining if a specification is enabling is based on whether experts in each relevant field can understand and implement their respective parts of the invention.
The MPEP 2164.05(b) cites a key legal precedent: “If two distinct technologies are relevant to an invention, then the disclosure will be adequate if a person of ordinary skill in each of the two technologies could practice the invention from the disclosures.” (Technicon Instruments Corp. v. Alpkem Corp., 664 F. Supp. 1558, 1578, 2 USPQ2d 1729, 1742 (D. Ore. 1986)). This standard ensures that the specification provides sufficient information for experts in all relevant fields to understand and implement the invention.
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