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Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB Enablement Finding Against Dual Herbicide-Degrading Enzyme Patent

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a decision Friday in Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. v. Inari Agriculture, Inc. affirming a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) final written decision that found claims 1 through 33 of a patent on herbicide-degrading enzymes unpatentable for lack of enablement. The CAFC rejected arguments that the PTAB improperly relied on experimental data generated after the patent’s priority date and abused its discretion in crediting an exp

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Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB Enablement Finding Against Dual Herbicide-Degrading Enzyme Patent
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