Square peg in a round hole: drafting US-based patents for European approval

A universal goal of patent applicants is to draft applications that lead to enforceable granted patents in the territories of interest. Coupled to that goal is the need to be able to prosecute the applications successfully in the relevant patent offices. However, different national/regional laws introduce tension into the drafting of a patent application. For example, drafting the application to improve the chances of successful enforcement in one country can radically affect the prospects of successful prosecution in another. Drafting different applications for different jurisdictions is a possible solution, but requires applicants to bear the additional expense and management headache associated with that.