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Indian Patent Office ordered to reconsider patent application refusal following Delhi High Court ruling that known substance must be identified
02 Jul 2025 19:41 GMT
… Court set aside an Indian Patent Office (IPO) refusal order … both non-patentable under Section 3(d) and lacking inventive step under … Section 2(1)(ja) of the Patents Act … 3(d).
On lack of inventive step, the court opined that …
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PowerPatent Unveils Innovative AI-Driven Solutions for University Technology Transfer Office Patent Portfolio Management
28 Jun 2025 13:00 GMT
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How the EPO addresses public prior use in clinical trials and patentability obstacles for pharmaceutical inventions
27 Jun 2025 00:39 GMT
… disclosures.
Clinical trial sponsors and patent applicants should therefore:
whenever … EPO’s sufficiency threshold for inventive step during examination and opposition;
… inventive step assessments.
For parties seeking to challenge the validity of a patent …
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China: Assessing inventive step for pharmaceutical combination formulations
10 Jun 2025 14:12 GMT
… than single-component drugs. The inventive step assessment of a combination formulation … action against the Subject Patent, challenging its inventive step and citing multiple combinations … the technical teaching for an inventive step, it is essential to …
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The UPC’s interpretation of inventive step: does it follow the problem-solution approach?
05 Jun 2025 05:20 GMT
… lack inventive step.
The court outlined its test for inventive step that … two-step test for determining inventive step:
Identify one or more … of proof for asserting inventive step and the avoidance of … to assess the inventive step of the patent-in-suit both …
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Two years of the Unified Patent Court – Key insights from Hogan Lovells’ analysis of revocation trends
13 Jun 2025 19:47 GMT
… in cross-border European patent litigation since 2000 and … The specific grounds on which patents were actually invalidated.
The … noticeably lower tendency to revoke patents.
Even lower success for … while lack of novelty and inventive step remain key, we’re also …
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“Restoring Gold Standard Science” Executive Order - Potential Impacts for Patent Applicants and Owners
11 Jun 2025 02:48 GMT
… examiners and administrative patent judges use scientific information … legal determinations of patentability. Therefore, to … during examination of patent applications.
For Applicants … description, enablement and non-obviousness, but applicants frequently …
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Formulating CRI guidelines key to improving software patent review: Experts
26 May 2025 05:26 GMT
… would help strengthen the patent examination framework for software … complementary regulatory system for patent examination, the draft … excludes certain inventions from patentability. It included a mathematical … a refined five-step inventive step test to ensure …
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Delhi HC Quashes IPO's Patent Rejection of Taiho Pharma's Cancer Drug, Orders Re-evaluation
25 May 2025 14:48 GMT
… Biopharma Ltd. v. Controller of Patents & Designs, emphasizing that … Court held that the inventive step analysis under Section 2(1 … matter back to the Patent Office for fresh evaluation, … before deciding the subject patent application, after giving a …
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Patentability Training Course: Master Search Techniques (ONLINE EVENT: October 8th 2025) - ResearchAndMarkets.com
22 May 2025 14:44 GMT
… , understanding the nuances of patentability-including novelty, non-obviousness, and industrial applicability-is … crucial.
Patent examiners meticulously review applications …