Re: Re: Pharmaceutical Patents Question - dont understand some terms

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Pharmaceutical Patents Question - dont understand some terms

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: First, I don't know what the terms mean (except method of use -- I'll get to that). : Second, I tried google.com and the closest answer I saw was your post here! ;-) : Third, aside from perhaps "method of use", I don't think these terms will covered in a patent bar prep course, with all due respect to the prior poster. : A method of use is a new way to use something. I'll give you an example. Once, a friend had a VCR that didn't work. It looked to me like one of the buttons was stuck pushed in. We took the outer case of the VCR off and looked inside. Sure enough, a piece of plastic that was supposed to act as a spring to push the button back out when you release it was bent. : I looked around and found a paperclip. I just sort of crammed it in there in such a way that it would force the button back out and would be springy enough to let you push the button normally. : I checked the guts of the VCR to make sure the paperclip would touch anything electrical, and we put the case back. Voila! The VCR worked! : Now, I could not get a patent on the paperclip. I didn't invent the paperclip. But, perhaps I could have received a patent for the method of using the paperclip to overcome a failed button spring in a VCR. : Early and late stage patents can refer to early and late stage technologies. Think of the early stage of cold fusion vs. the fully refined, conumer-ready "Mr. Fusion" from "Back to the Future." : Then again, those terms could refer to early and late stage illnesses (cancer comes to mind). I don't work in life sciences, but I suspect those terms make more sense in that context. : Sorry I couldn't be of more help. : Regards. : : : : I came across some terms recently and was wondering if anyone could define them: : : : Treatment of use patent : : : Method of use patent : : : Early stage patent : : : Late stage patent : : : If you could link to a page which defines these that would be cool too. Thanks in advance for your help! : : : I think early and late stage patents mean like, early stage patents are applied for early on in the development process, after a compound is discovered etc... and late stage are like for when the company adds a new indication or dosage or something after the drug has been out a while. Would appreciate confirmation/negation of this. Thank you. : : Dear James, : : The best consolidated source would be a prep cource for the Patent Bar exam. : : M. Arthur Auslander : : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : : 3008 Johnson Ave., New York, NY 10463 : : 7185430266, aus@auslander.com : : ELAINE's Workshop® : : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive™ : : Reality Check®

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