Dans la cause Hyatt v. Dudas (June 28, 2006), la Cour a confirmé la décision de l’Examinateur du USPTO selon laquelle la description ne supportait pas la revendication et plus spécifiquement le lien entre ses différents éléments.
« While each element may individually be discussed neither
the specification nor drawings clearly support the claimed embodiment as a
whole. » Id. (emphasis added). He further indicated what Hyatt needed to address
his concern: « [I]t is not enough that applicant show where each claimed element
resides in the earliest filed application but [he] must also provide support for
the linkage of the claimed elements creating the embodiment. »