Recent decisions of the European Patent Office (EPO) indicate the ever-increasing need for experimental support in a patent application. This article reviews the experimental support requirement and looks at how the presence or absence of such support can influence the scope of patent protection obtained.
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Soames, C. Experimental support and patentability. Nat Rev Drug Discov 4, 9 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd1613
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