Dr. Jacqueline Lui, Managing Director of Eagle IP Limited, gave a talk on “Patenting natural matters after Mayo and Myriad” at the 6th Annual Intellectual Property Seminar.
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China’s Newest Examination Guidelines: Novelty and Inventive Step for Compounds (Part II)
29 April 2021This is Part II of a three-part series summarizing the Examination Guidelines that were released by the CNIPA on January 15, 2021, one year to the date of Phase 1 of the US and China Economic and Trade Agreement. That agreement included specific provisions where China "shall permit pharmaceutical patent applicants to rely on supplemental […]
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