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13 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 249 (2002-2003)
The Federal Circuit Transforms the Written Description Requirment into a Biotech-Specific Hurdle to Obtaining Patent Protection for Biotechnology Patents

handle is hein.journals/albnyst13 and id is 257 raw text is: THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT TRANSFORMS THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENT INTO A BIOTECH- SPECIFIC HURDLE TO OBTAINING PATENT PROTECTION FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY PATENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ......................................... 250 II. Establishment of the Federal Circuit ................ 251 III. The Law of Patents ................................. 253 IV. Development of the Written Description Requirem ent ........................................ 256 V. Biotechnology and the Written Description Requirem ent ........................................ 259 A. Biotechnology Basics ............................. 259 B. Patenting Biotechnology Processes ............... 262 VI. Lilly: A Departure from Prior Written Description C ase Law ........................................... 265 VII. Lilly's Heightened Standard Impedes Scientific R esearch ............................................ 266 VIII. Conclusion ........................................... 270 249

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