Table of Contents:
  • A brief introduction to the United States Patent System
  • An overview of research & development, product launch, and patent enforcement
  • Utility requirement
  • Inventorship
  • Patentability
  • Biological deposits
  • Types of biological and pharmaceutical patents
  • The Hatch-Waxman Act
  • Claim construction
  • Patent infringement
  • Experimental use defense to patent infringement
  • Government funded research : Bayh-Dole and other acts
  • Antitrust, FTC, and state competition law
  • Appendix A. Glossary of biotechnology terminology from case law
  • Appendix B. Primer on basic biotechnology concepts / Laurence A. Borden.