John Richards, of our New York Office, is speaking, via a webcast, on the topic “When Does Discovery Become a Patentable Invention?” on Thursday, July 23, 2009. He is going to give the webcast at 10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, Noon Central, and 1pm Eastern time via Bright Talk Law Summits. The following link can be use to sign up for the webcast:
www.brighttalk.com/webcasts/4613/attend
In this webcast John will look at how pharmaceutical inventions may be defined and the requirements of the disclosure in order to support such definitions with particular emphasis on issues that arise as one moves from an appreciation of the significance of a new biochemical discovery to using that discovery as a basis for treatment. If one files a patent application too early with insufficient disclosure the courts may conclude that one is merely speculating and not entitled to a patent because “the invention” has not yet been made. If one waits too long, noe may lose the race to the patent office. This presentation will try to untangle the issues involved.