Patenting medical and genetic diagnostic methods / Eddy D. Ventose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ventose, Eddy D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical instruments and apparatus--Patents.

Medical instruments and apparatus.

Diagnosis, Laboratory--Equipment and supplies--Patents.

Diagnosis, Laboratory.

Genetic disorders--Diagnosis--Equipment and supplies--Patents.

Genetic disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This thoroughly-documented book explores in detail the issue of patenting medical and genetic diagnostic methods in the United States. It examines decisions of the Patent Office Boards of Appeal and the early courts on the question of whether medical treatments were eligible for patent protection under section 101 of the Patents Act. It then traces the legislative history of the Medical Procedures and Affordability Act that provided immunity for physicians from patent infringement suits. After considering the Supreme Court's jurisprudence on patent eligibility, the book then comprehensively se

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of national and internationallegislation; 1. Introduction; 2. Initial determination; 3. Legislative intervention; 4. Patent-eligibility; 5. Consideration by the Federal Circuit; 6. Consideration by the Supreme Court; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78100-178-2

OCLC:

830633015