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Information Sources on Post-Grant Actions to Pharmaceutical Patents

Stephen Adams^†

Magister Ltd., Crown House, 231 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 4LS, Great Britain

J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci., 2002, 42 (3), pp 467–472

DOI: 10.1021/ci010112p

Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2002

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Corresponding author phone: (+44) (0)118 929 9515; e-mail: stevea@magister.co.uk.

Abstract

Over the past two decades, many industrialized countries have implemented changes in their patent laws to provide an extended period of protection for commerically marketed pharmaceuticals. The process has been adopted piecemeal, using widely different procedures. The information sources relating to such term extension are consequently scattered and poorly organized, compared with conventional patent legal status data. This paper reviews the legal processes behind term extension and provides a survey of the key principles and information sources available.

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