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Contents
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3.4 Drafting a European Patent Application 66
3.4.1 General Considerations 66
3.4.2 Sufficient Disclosure of the Invention 68
3.4.3 Claims 69
3.4.4 Terminology 71
4 Nanotechnology Patent Procurement and Litigation in
the United States 75
Sarah M. Rouse
4.1 Patent Procurement for Nanotechnology-Based
Inventions: US Perspective 75
4.2 The US Patent System 75
4.2.1 Patent Prosecution Overview 76
4.2.1.1 Patent application submission and
examination 76
4.2.2 Types of Patent Applications 78
4.2.2.1 Non-provisional patent application 78
4.2.2.2 Provisional patent application 78
4.2.2.3 Continuation application 78
4.2.2.4 Continuation-in-part application 79
4.2.2.5 Divisional application 79
4.2.3 Pursuing a US Patent via the Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 80
4.2.4 Patent Term 80
4.2.5 Conditions for Obtaining a US Patent 81
4.2.5.1 Novelty 81
4.2.5.2 Utility 82
4.2.5.3 Non-obviousness 83
4.2.5.4 Written description and enablement 84
4.2.5.5 Best mode 85
4.3 US Patent Post-Grant Proceedings 86
4.3.1 Interference 86
4.3.2 Reissue 87
4.3.2.1 Broadening reissue 88
4.3.2.2 Narrowing reissue 88
4.3.2.3 Doctrine of intervening rights 88
4.3.3 Reexamination 89
4.3.3.1 Ex parte reexamination 89
4.3.3.2 Inter partes reexamination 90