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A Business Growth Tool: Patent Claiming Strategies
20 October 2022
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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Developing a pharmaceutical product can take on the order of a
decade from research (first inventing the drug) to development, and
finally to FDA approval. While Patent Term Extension can restore
some time lost due to the regulatory approval process, the
traditional strategy of relying on patents based on the drug itself
or its general method of use will necessarily start - and stop -
the protection clock much earlier. This limits the potential return
on investment prior to generic copyists. But, if one is creative
and coordinated, additional strategies can be used to advance
business growth with longer and stronger patents. In this article,
Tom Irving, , Adriana Burgy and Stacy Lewis discuss creative
strategies for patent claiming.
Read "A Business Growth Tool: Patent Claiming
Strategies"
Originally published by International Pharmaceutical
Industry
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