ip and biotechnology - indian patent law

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Patentability of Biotech Inventions in India

By

Dr. Kalyan Chakravarthy Kankanala.

kalyan@bananaip.com

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Patentability requirements

Patentable subject matter

Industrial Applicability

Novelty

Inventive Step

Specification

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INVENTIONS

Subject Matter

Usefulness

Novelty

Non-obviousness

Specification

PATENTS

Kalyan’s Patent Filter Model

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Patentable Subject Matter

India

Product or Process

Genes

Living Organisms

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ExclusionsIndia

Public order or morality

New form

Efficacy

New property or use

Mere use of known process

New product

New reactant

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ExclusionsExplanation: Salts, Esters, Ethers, Polymorphs, Metabolites, Pure forms, Particle size, Isomers, Mixture of isomers, Complexes, Combinations and other Derivatives of a known substance considered same substance

Efficacy

Novartis case

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Exclusions

Mere admixture

Medical methods

Agricultural methods

Plants, Animals or Parts thereof

Traditional Knowledge

...

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Industrial Applicability

Make

Use

Repeat

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NoveltyKnown or used

Patented or published

Public Working

On sale

Abandoned

Foreign priority

Patented in another country

Derived

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Inventive StepTechnical Advance or

Economic Significance

Not obvious to a person skilled in the Art

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Secondary Indicia

Commercial Success

Copying

Praise by expert

Unexpected results

Long felt need

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SpecificationWritten Description

Enablement

Best Mode

Claims

Object: Notice and Dissemination

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example

ICMR's patent application

Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis as mosquito larvicidal formulation

Patent App. No.: 244/Del/1999

Is it patentable subject matter?

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