Supreme Court Affirms Federal Circuit Ruling Regarding Satisfaction of Enablement Requirement

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi, clarifying the standard of satisfying the enablement requirement, in particular, for broad functional genus claims. The Court, in a unanimous decision affirming the Federal Circuit’s holding, focused on whether the specification enabled the full scope of the invention to be practiced.

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