[U.S. Patents] June 2024, CAFC, Ian Frazer v. C. Richard Schl
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Article type: Case note
Category: United States
Topics: Enablement, Creators and inventors
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
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Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-05-19 (Japan time). Full English translation.
[U.S. Patents] June 2024, CAFC, Ian Frazer v. C. Richard Schlegel
For an invention in an application claiming Paris Convention priority to which examples had been added, the court recognized the effect of priority and first-inventor status, prevailing over another person's application filed during the priority period.
— Valid priority requires satisfaction of the written-description and enablement requirements in the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
= Japan, 2023 (Gyo-Ke) 10057 <Honda>
(In contrast to the Artificial Nipple case)
Translator’s notes (editorial)
The source dates the case “2024.06”; retained without verifying or silently changing the historical date. The source title truncates Schlegel to “Schl”; the complete name in the body is retained there.
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