Discussion about patent protection of the invention of second medical use from industrial point of view
FENG Jin
XU Shu-wen
SHI Ying
Abstract：The issue about whether the invention patents involving the second medical use,such as changing the delivery route of medicine or dosage,should be patented has been the dispute focus of intellectual proper at present.At the same time,there exist many different opinions about the legislation theory,review practice and using the experience of international legislation for reference.Based on the innovation ability,litigation status and the prolonged protect policy on medicine,this article analyzed the influence of protection of the Innovation of Second Medical Use on pharmaceutical industry.It was hoped that the lawmakers would assess the situation and choose the reasonable mode at suitable time in order to promote the development of china's pharmaceutical industry.
Keywords：innovation of second medical usepharmaceutical industrypatent protectionSwiss type claim
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1758-1761 )