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- 2024Zip Top, Inc. v. S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. N.D. Ill.
- 2022AstraZeneca AB v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. N.D.W. Va.
- 2018Hologic, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. Fed. Cir.
- 2012Nartron Corp. v. Borg Indak, Inc. E.D. Mich.
- 2003Freeman v. Gerber Products Co. D. Kan.
- 2002Williams v. General Surgical Innovations, Inc. E.D. Tex.
- 1997Pave Tech, Inc. v. Snap Edge Corp. N.D. Ill.
- 1992Ven-Tel, Inc. v. Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. Fed. Cir.
- 1985Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc. N.D. Cal.
- 1985Dow Chemical Co. v. Halliburton Co. N.D. Miss.
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The applicant shall furnish a drawing where necessary for the understanding of the subject matter sought to be patented. When the nature of such subject matter admits of illustration by a drawing and the applicant has not furnished such a drawing, the Director may require its submission within a time period of not less than two months from the sending of a notice thereof. Drawings submitted after the filing date of the application may not be used (i) to overcome any insufficiency of the specification due to lack of an enabling disclosure or otherwise inadequate disclosure therein, or (ii) to supplement the original disclosure thereof for the purpose of interpretation of the scope of any claim. (Source: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799; Pub. L. 94–131, § 8, Nov. 14, 1975, 89 Stat. 691; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.))