USPTO is Rejecting Potentially Life-Saving Inventions
Law 360, December 2014
5 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2015 Last revised: 5 Jan 2016
Date Written: December 18, 2014
Abstract
This article describes how applications on various potentially life saving inventions are now being rejected by the patent office on subject matter eligibility grounds.
Keywords: patent eligibilty, patent office, drug
JEL Classification: O31, O33
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Chao, Bernard H. and Womack, Lane, USPTO is Rejecting Potentially Life-Saving Inventions (December 18, 2014). Law 360, December 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2701409
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