TY - GEN T1 - Patent protection for inventions relating to medical treatment of humans and animals :a study with recommendations / AU - Smither, R. CN - KD1369 .S64 1991 PAT N1 - Price : 50.00; Supplier : The Intellectual Property Institute, London; Recd 18/04/97; Contents : 1. Terms of reference; 2. United Kindgom : (i) The development of patent protection for inventions of the pharmaceutical industry; (ii) Case law on the patentability of medical treatment; 3. European Patent Convention : (i) The contracting States; (ii) The practice of the European Patent Office; (iii) Decisions of the technical board of appeal of the European Patent Office; (iv) Analysis of current practice of the European Patent Office in respect of inventions relating to pharmaceutical products; 4. Medical treatment patent in other countries : (i) USA; (ii) Japan; 5. Patenting in relation to the medical profession; 6. Survey of the British research based pharmaceutical industry; 7. Case histories; 8. Conclusions and recommendations; 9. Bibliography; 10. Appendices;. ID - 21383 KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Drugs KW - Veterinary drugs KW - Medicine KW - Patents KW - Intellectual property KW - PATENTS : PATENTS IN MEDICINE SN - 9781874001034 TI - Patent protection for inventions relating to medical treatment of humans and animals :a study with recommendations / ER -