Part 1 – Patents and Related IP Protections and Mechanisms
Jonathan B. Roses
Shareholder
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Patent Protection for Drugs and Biologics
- Summarizing the patenting process for drugs and biologics
- Patentability requirements and differing patent strategies for drugs and biologics
- Strategies for building patent protection for drugs and biologics
- Applying for and achieving extension of patent term for time spent in the drug approval process
- Patent Term Extension (“PTE”)
- Patent Term Adjustment (“PTA”)
- Reviewing the 271(e)(1) “safe harbor” provision
- Distinguishing the patenting process for drugs from that of biologics
- Identifying the respective roles of the FDA and the PTO in the protection of drugs and biological products
- Patent validity challenges and infringement proceedings for drugs and biologics under the Hatch-Waxman Act and Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA)