Archive for the ‘Medical Device Patenting News’ Category
Multiple Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Patents Soon to Expire
Consumers pay more for patented brand name drugs, because they simply feel they work better. This may be attributed to feeling that the companies behind the brand names have put more money in research against their versions to give them greater validity, the advertising that supports such drugs, or perhaps consumers believe the generic versions of a given drug has less of the critical ingredient.
Patents per Million – an Indicator of Inventiveness?
An article in The Economist sheds some light on the present patenting scenario, and provides an interesting perspective. It says, Inventive Japan grants more patents than any other country. In 2002-05, on average 1,213 were given out for every million people, according to data collected for 82 countries by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The corresponding figures for the United States are ab... Read More
Medical Technology – fastest growing technical field, by patent applications
According to the data released in the WIPO Patent Report, 2007 Edition, The three fastest growing technical fields from 2000 to 2004 were medical technology (+32.2%), Audio-visual technology (+28.3%) and information technology (+27.7%). This is based on the number of patent applications filed from 2000 to 2004. The figures for the corresponding years are – 2000 – 55,813 2001 – 59... Read More
Is America Losing the Patenting Race?
The latest post in the McBru Blog poses this question. Quite surprising, given the fact that there is a huge surge in medical technology patents, and the Patent Office is being deluged with patent applications. An excerpt, The latest worldwide patent report came out recently. It is a fascinating document. See if you can guess who files the most patents and wins by almost every measure (such a... Read More
Patents-Innovation Debate: The War Goes On
I got a taste of things to come just after I’d posted my observations ‘The Patent-Innovation Circle of Progress’. Many of my friends in the profession called up to express their opinions, one side or the other. My follow-up post ‘Patents Lead to Breakthroughs in Medical Technology’ generated even more heat, although you’ll notice that I was just quoting from pre... Read More
