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2.1.6.2.2A Clear Enough and Complete Enough Disclosure

Date Published

Note: The information in this part only applies to:

•  standard patent applications with an examination request filed on or after 15 April 2013.
•  innovation patents with an examination request filed on or after 15 April 2013.
•  innovation patents where the Commissioner had not decided before 15 April 2013 to examine the patent.  

For all other standard patent applications/innovation patents, see 2.1.6.2.2 Full Description.

In assessing whether a specification discloses the invention in a clear enough and complete enough manner, examiners should only spend enough time as is necessary to gain an understanding of whether the complete specification provides an enabling disclosure of the claimed invention.

An objection on the grounds that the specification does not disclose the invention in a clear enough and complete enough manner should focus on the disclosure of the specification as a whole, including references to parts therein, to make the issue clear.

See also 2.11.3A Clear Enough and Complete Enough Disclosure.

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