TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ventose,Eddy D.
TI  - Patenting medical and genetic diagnostic methods
SN  - 9781781001776 (hbk.) :
AV  - K1519 
U1  - 346.0486 VEN 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Medical instruments and apparatus
KW  - Patents
KW  - Diagnosis, Laboratory
KW  - Equipment and supplies
KW  - Genetic disorders
KW  - Diagnosis
KW  - Advice and Rights
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - thema
KW  - Intellectual property law
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface 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
N2  - 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
ER  -