Useful Links
Major Patent Offices
United States Patent and Trademark Office
European Patent Office
Japanese Patent Office
World Intellectual Property Organization (administers Patent Cooperation Treaty and other international treaties relating to intellectual property)
Free Patent Searches
Search US patents (site maintained by United States Patent and Trademark Office)
Search patents worldwide (esp@cenet site maintained by European Patent Office)
Search US FDA Orange Book listings (US patent and regulatory approval information for prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals)
Interesting Patents
Patently Silly
Historic Patents
Other Resources
An excellent general reference and source of highly practical advice on pharmaceutical patents is Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology (4th ed.) by Philip Grubb, a former Novartis patent attorney who now maintains a consulting practice near Basel, Switzerland.
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