Biotechnology patent challenged

A Case for Expansive Patent Protection of Biotechnology Inventions

Patent first, ask questions later: morality and biotechnology in patent law.

This Article explores the U.S. "patent first, ask questions later" approach to determining what subject matter should receive patent protection. Under this approach, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or the Agency) issues patents on "anything under the sun made by man," and to the extent a patent's subject matter is sufficiently controversial, Congress acts retrospectively in assessin...

Determinants of Patent Citations in Biotechnology: An Analysis of Patent Influence Across the Industrial and Organizational Boundaries

The present paper extends the literature investigating key drivers leading certain patents to exert a stronger influence on the subsequent technological developments (inventions) than other ones. We investigated six key determinants, as (i) the use of scientific knowledge, (ii) the breadth of the technological base, (iii) the existence of collaboration in patent development, (iv) the number of ...

Investing in Influence: First Authors and Patent-to-Paper Citations in Biotechnology

Evidence shows that external contacts with the academic community is critical to improved productivity of a firm’s research efforts in terms of stimulating new inventions. I propose that this is so because scientific knowledge, even when it is published, is embedded in networks of influence that are largely inaccessible to firms. The production of scientific knowledge adheres to a complex socia...

Biotechnology patent law developments in Great Britain and the United States: analysis of a hypothetical patent claim for a synthesized virus.