Patent protection for inventions relating to medical treatment of humans and animals : a study with recommendations / by R. Smither on behalf of the Common Law Institute of Intellectual Property ; financed by the Research Fund of the European Patent Organisation.
Patent protection for inventions relating to medical treatment of humans and animals : a study with recommendations / by R. Smither on behalf of the Common Law Institute of Intellectual Property ; financed by the Research Fund of the European Patent Organisation.
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;.