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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Thus, a legal safeguard should be provided to inventors for their inventions to keep their interest in science alive. What are the biotechnological inventions? This leads them to think about protecting their inventions from unauthorized use. What is patent? Essentially, it protects the functional aspects of inventions.

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Unambiguous disclosure without patent profanity (T 2171/21)

The IPKat

US patent attorneys wishing to understand certain peculiarities of European patent drafting need look no further than the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 2171/21. The case law relating to pointers and selection inventions is well established CLBA, II-E-1.6.2c) ). 3d 1241 (Fed.

Patent 109
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Double Patenting in Canada

LexBlog IP

Similar to other jurisdictions, a patent in Canada is granted for one invention only. Accordingly, in instances where multiple inventions are claimed in a single application, it may be necessary to parse out the inventions and protect them by filing divisional applications.

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