Ex parte Jovanovics

Where the record supports that an invention will work as claimed, it is improper to require evidence of safety in human treatment or of the degree of effectiveness; an asserted cancer-treatment utility could be viewed as incredible given the state of the art at the time.

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Confidence

medium — self-reported, not calibrated against a measured error rate

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