Insufficiency

Concept of Insufficiency in IP Law

[rtbs name=”intellectual-property-law”]Lambert defined insufficiency as follows: Failure to disclose in the specification of the patent of the invention clearly enough and completely enough for it to be performed by a person skilled in the art as required by s.14 (3) of the Patents Act 1977.   This is one of the grounds for revoking a patent (see s.72 (1) (c) ibid.