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Joseph Freeman is an associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. He is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, and his practice primarily focuses on the prosecution and enforcement of patents and trademarks.

Determining the amount of disclosure sufficient to satisfy the written description and enablement requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112(a) can be difficult, especially in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and other unpredictable arts. In a recent precedential decision from the Federal Circuit (Teva Pharms. Int’l GmbH v. Eli Lilly & Co.), the appellate