Their Composition of Matter patent extends out much further than any mentioned in the article.
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Will a court defeat for Bristol-Myers Squibb prompt a rethink of how so-called composition of matter patents should be assessed?
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In February 2013, the composition of matter patent covering this drug was invalidated by the U.S. district court for the district of Delaware.
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The U.S. District Court of the District of Delaware issued an opinion that the composition of matter patent covering the entecavir molecule is invalid as obvious.
One other thought, I think the Composition of Matter patent expires for Herceptin in EU during 2014, but in the US the date is 2018 or 2019.
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This is another way of saying the Bristol-Myers composition of matter patent was not sufficiently unique to warrant protection from generic rivals that would want to sell copycat versions.
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The composition of matter patent for this drug expired on May 17, 2012 in the U.S., and the sales of this drug have plummeted almost 65% since due to intense competition from generic drugs.
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Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
In general, composition-of-matter lawsuits are considered harder to win than other avenues of attack employed by generic drugmakers to hack away at the thicket of patents that guard blockbuster medicines.
Changing the composition of output in favour of manufacturing industries need not matter critically for job creation, he says.
Sneha Malde image The universe began with a bang and energy came together to form equal quantities of matter and antimatter, but as the universe cooled and expanded, its composition changed and antimatter disappeared, leaving matter to form everything around us.
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