Evidence suggests that a unified European patent and litigation procedure, a longstanding wish of innovative companies, would give generics a boost.

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This would involve myriad changes and accommodations, some of which involve exceedingly complex and arcane matters of patent law and procedure.

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These days, budding inventors who struggle through the lengthy, legalistic procedure of filing a patent application usually find the process anything but inspiring.

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He also noted in a patent filing that the process allowed the blue-screen procedure to cope with glassware, cigarette smoke, blowing hair and motion blur which had all caused problems for earlier efforts.

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