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Inequitable conduct in patent prosecution is found whenever “material” information is withheld or mischaracterized to withhold the truth from the Examiner, § 503 (“Important Information * * *”), and the applicant knowingly withheld or mischaractered the material information for the purpose of deceiving the Examiner in order to allow at least one claim of the patent, § 507 (“Kingsdown, The Intention Element”).
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Wegner, H.C. (1992). Duty of Disclosure. In: Patent Law in Biotechnology, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21958-2_38
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