Tahir Amin (Co-founder of I-MAK) on behalf of the World Health Organization (South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions) has written a very useful step-by-step guide on searching for patents on medicines. Given that procuring generic medicines is no longer free from IP considerations, this guide could be especially useful in developing countries. The guide is also an attempt at filling the void on material on this subject.
The guide, titled "How to Conduct Patent Searches for Medicines" introduces beginners to tracing down patents from US and Canada databases as well as more expansive techniques. As per his Amin's description, "Although by no means exhaustive, the guide attempts to provide as much information as possible on how to navigate currently available patent office databases and patent office journals."
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
SpicyIP Tidbit: New Guide on Searching for Medicine Patents
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pl check first two links. they are throwing error "page not found". the file seems to have moved!
You can download the high resolution version here:
http://www.i-mak.org/storage/Patent%20search%20guide_final.pdf
For low resolution:
http://www.wpro.who.int/publications/PUB_9789290223757.htm
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Tahir
@Tahir: Thanks for posting the links
@anonymous: Thanks for pointing that out. The links should be working now.
Tahir great work!!
Thanks for the correct link. I am able to download now. Both the high resolution links in the post are still not working.
Anon 4:21
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