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67 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 569 (1985)
Patenting Recombination DNA Technology: The Deposit Requirement

handle is hein.journals/jpatos67 and id is 595 raw text is: PATENTING OF RECOMBINANT DNA Berge Hampar* TECHNOLOGY: THE DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................... 569 II. THE ART OF RDNA TECHNOLOGY ..................... 570 III. THE DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT ........................... 574 IV. CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHEN A DEPOSIT IS R EQUIRED ................................................ 579 A . Legal Considerations ................................ 581 B. Scientific Considerations ............................ 583 1. The Convenience Question . .................. 584 2. The Practicality Question . ................... 585 3. The Probability Question . .................... 585 a. Availability of Starting Materials ............ 589 b. Sufficiency of the Disclosure ................. 590 V. WHERE TO DEPOSIT IN LIGHT OF IN RE LUNDAK ..... 594 VI. WHETHER TO DEPOSIT AND WHAT TO DEPOSIT ....... 597 VII. IMPACT OF THE DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT ON THE PATENTEE'S RIGHTS ..................................... 600 VIII. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEPOSIT PROCEDURES ....... 604 IX. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .... 607 A. Criteria for Determining When a Deposit Is R equired ............................................. 608 B. Public Accessibility to Deposited Material ......... 609 C. Deposit Procedures .................................. 610 I. INTRODUCTION The United States patent system is based upon a quid pro quo, whereby an inventor is granted a limited monop- oly in return for disclosing his/her invention to the public. While a written specification provides sufficient disclosure for most inventions to satisfy the how to make and use provisions under 35 U.S.C. 112, certain inventions involving *General Manager, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research Facil- ity, Frederick, Maryland. B.A., D.D.S., Columbia University, J.D., University of Baltimore Law School. Copyright 1985 Berge Hampar. All Rights Reserved. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Cancer Institute or any agency of the Federal Government. -569-

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