context: The specification undoubtedly enables the invention in the latter form, as it clearly describes how to make and use such strips with Type 2 aluminum, and there is no question that the resulting strips are well-wetted. However, as part of the quid pro quo of the patent bargain, the applicant's specification must enable one of ordinary skill in the art to practice the full scope of the claimed invention.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 858 F.2d 736, 736-37
citation_a.parenthetical: "Enablement is not precluded by some experimentation, such as routine screening."
citation_a.sentence: Wright, 999 F.2d at 1561. That is not to say that the specification itself must necessarily describe how to make and use every possible variant of the claimed invention, for the artisan’s knowledge of the prior art and routine experimentation can often fill gaps, interpolate between embodiments, and perhaps even extrapolate beyond the disclosed embodiments, depending upon the predictability of the art. See Genentech, Inc. v. Novo Norilsk A/S, 108 F.3d 1361, 1366 (Fed.Cir.1997) (“[A] specification need not disclose what is well known in the art.”); see also Wands, 858 F.2d at 736-37 (“Enablement is not precluded by some experimentation, such as routine screening.”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 999 F.2d 1561, 1561
citation_b.parenthetical: "[A] specification need not disclose what is well known in the art."
citation_b.sentence: Wright, 999 F.2d at 1561. That is not to say that the specification itself must necessarily describe how to make and use every possible variant of the claimed invention, for the artisan’s knowledge of the prior art and routine experimentation can often fill gaps, interpolate between embodiments, and perhaps even extrapolate beyond the disclosed embodiments, depending upon the predictability of the art. See Genentech, Inc. v. Novo Norilsk A/S, 108 F.3d 1361, 1366 (Fed.Cir.1997) (“[A] specification need not disclose what is well known in the art.”); see also Wands, 858 F.2d at 736-37 (“Enablement is not precluded by some experimentation, such as routine screening.”).