Description, claim
United States Code
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- 2017Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Aventisub LLC Fed. Cir.
- 1995Imazio Nursery, Inc. v. Dania Greenhouses Fed. Cir.
- 1980Diamond v. Chakrabarty U.S.
- 1979In re Bergy C.C.P.A.
- 1976Yoder Bros. v. California-Florida Plant Corp. 5th Cir.
- 1962In re LeGrice C.C.P.A.
- 1958Kim Bros. v. Hagler S.D. Cal.
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No plant patent shall be declared invalid for noncompliance with section 112 if the description is as complete as is reasonably possible. The claim in the specification shall be in formal terms to the plant shown and described. (Source: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804; Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335.))