WIPO/ILPO Training Course on Examination of Patent Applications in the Field of Pharmaceutical Inventions

This training course is organized in cooperation with the Israel Patent Office.

Content and Structure

introduction to the Israel Patent Office (ILPO);
functions of the Patent Administration Department in assistance to the Patent Examiners;
the Israel patent system;
meeting with the pharma examiners Team,
novelty, inventive step, clarity and enablement in the pharmaceutical field;
claim types,
introduction to free of charge on-line databases,
pharma-related search strategies;
examination of a patent application and preparation of an examination report;
method of treatment claim issues in Israel;
ever-greening: the tug of war between generic and ethical industries,
Israel Drug Registry;
traditional knowledge – evolving attitudes;
role of extension orders in pharmaceutical patents;
pharma related judicial decisions
- - dosage regimes
- - the disappearing Polymorph;
visit to a pharmaceutical company.