At the beginning of the last century, the majority of drug products available were ineffective for their stated purpose at best and worsened the conditions they were purported to cure at worse. For many of these so-called Patent Medicines, the main active ingredient was a form of alcohol (in the case of the Toneco Bitters […]
Kurt Karst of the FDA Law Blog ran a nice update on patent term extension (PTE) legislation. The legislation, known as the “Dog Ate My Homework Act,” would permit the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to exercise discretion to accept untimely filed Patent Term Extension (PTE) applications has been added to the Patent Reform Act […]
Several readers recently asked if there is a good (free) site that lists the expiration dates of pharmaceutical patents. The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) has a chart listing Upcoming Patent Expirations for 2007-09. One fee-based service I know of is Drug Patent Watch. One can also do the reviewing themselves, of course, but determining if a […]
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Editor-in-Chief Barista Stephen Jenei is a patent attorney and Owner of Jenei LLC. When not serving up patent chat over a steaming cup of java, he's handling a diverse intellectual property practice in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical fields. More info @ Jenei LLC
