INHOUDSOPGAVE
Introduction to patent law ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Organisational aspects of the course ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Intellectual property rights ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
What are intellectual property rights? ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Why are intellectual property rights important (in pharma)? .................................................................................................... 4
Types of intellectual property rights........................................................................................................................................... 5
Patents ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Justification ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
History ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Summary................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Basic requirements patents .....................................................................................................................................................14
Patentable subject matter: general .............................................................................................................................................. 14
The ‘social contract’ in the patent system ................................................................................................................................ 14
Exclusive right ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Patentable?............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Inventions ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Inventions & exclusions (list)......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Inventions ................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Exclusions (non-inventions) ...................................................................................................................................................... 18
Exceptions to patentability ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
Invetions contrary to ordre public and morality: general exceptions ...................................................................................... 21
List of exceptios for biotechnology inventions ......................................................................................................................... 22
Uses of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes.............................................................................................. 22
Plant and animal varieties & essentially biological processes for production of plants and animals (exclusions) ................... 23
Surgery, therapy and diagnostic methods ................................................................................................................................ 24
Patentable subject matter: general .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Novelty .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
State of the art + examples on the slides ................................................................................................................................. 26
Made available to the public .................................................................................................................................................... 27
‘By means of’ ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27
European patent applications................................................................................................................................................... 27
International patent applications ............................................................................................................................................. 28
Territorial scope........................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Temporal scope ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Guidelines for examination of novelty ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Selection inventions ................................................................................................................................................................. 30
What not to do when considering filing a patent application: ................................................................................................. 30
Inventive step................................................................................................................................................................................ 31
State of the art.......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Examination of the inventive step ............................................................................................................................................ 32
Industrial applicability .................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Industry ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Sufficiency of disclosure ................................................................................................................................................................ 33
Patents in chemical and biological inventions..........................................................................................................................34
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Introduction to patent law ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Organisational aspects of the course ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Intellectual property rights ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
What are intellectual property rights? ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Why are intellectual property rights important (in pharma)? .................................................................................................... 4
Types of intellectual property rights........................................................................................................................................... 5
Patents ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Justification ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
History ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Summary................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Basic requirements patents .....................................................................................................................................................14
Patentable subject matter: general .............................................................................................................................................. 14
The ‘social contract’ in the patent system ................................................................................................................................ 14
Exclusive right ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Patentable?............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Inventions ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Inventions & exclusions (list)......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Inventions ................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Exclusions (non-inventions) ...................................................................................................................................................... 18
Exceptions to patentability ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
Invetions contrary to ordre public and morality: general exceptions ...................................................................................... 21
List of exceptios for biotechnology inventions ......................................................................................................................... 22
Uses of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes.............................................................................................. 22
Plant and animal varieties & essentially biological processes for production of plants and animals (exclusions) ................... 23
Surgery, therapy and diagnostic methods ................................................................................................................................ 24
Patentable subject matter: general .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Novelty .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
State of the art + examples on the slides ................................................................................................................................. 26
Made available to the public .................................................................................................................................................... 27
‘By means of’ ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27
European patent applications................................................................................................................................................... 27
International patent applications ............................................................................................................................................. 28
Territorial scope........................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Temporal scope ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Guidelines for examination of novelty ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Selection inventions ................................................................................................................................................................. 30
What not to do when considering filing a patent application: ................................................................................................. 30
Inventive step................................................................................................................................................................................ 31
State of the art.......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Examination of the inventive step ............................................................................................................................................ 32
Industrial applicability .................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Industry ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Sufficiency of disclosure ................................................................................................................................................................ 33
Patents in chemical and biological inventions..........................................................................................................................34
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