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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Kymab Ltd

[2020] UKSC 27
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2020
StatusBinding authority

Summary

A patent must enable the skilled person to make substantially all products across the claimed range; sufficiency requires enablement of the whole scope of the claim, not merely some embodiments.

Key Principle

A patent for a range of products must enable the skilled person to make substantially all products within the range; sufficiency requires the patent to enable the whole scope of the claim, not just a few embodiments.

Area of Law

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