“Plausibility” is an evidential requirement. It asks whether the patent’s specification demonstrates that the claimed invention's purported technical contribution is achievable. In this webinar, Sir Robin and Dheemanth explore the requirement’s origins, how it has been applied by EPO and the English courts in recent years, and what they envisage for the requirement’s future.

We invite you to read the paper that Dheemanth Vangimalla wrote on this topic and that won the first place of the Research Award 2023; as well as the paper “Plausibility and Policy” by The Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob, Sir Hugh Laddie Chair of Intellectual Property Law at UCL Laws.