PATENTS - construction of patent specification describing methods for treating pain comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound to a mammal in need of said treatment - whether patent obtained by misrepresentation or false suggestion - whether misrepresentation or false suggestion made with respect to compound used in animal tests reported in complete specification - whether misrepresentation or false suggestion was a material inducing factor leading to grant of the patent - whether claims invalid and liable to be revoked on ground that the complete specification does not describe the invention fully - where complete specification does not include any reference to clinical trials involving humans - where complete specification refers only to experiments carried out on rats - whether complete specification provides notional skilled addressee with sufficient information to enable inventive method to be used in the treatment of humans - whether claims invalid and liable to be revoked on ground that the invention claimed is not useful - whether Swiss style claims infringed by importation and sale in Australia of a medicament made outside the patent area - meaning of "exploit" as defined in Schedule 1 of Patents Act 1990 (Cth)
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