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		<title>Biotech IP Newsletters</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2011/12/biotech-ip-newsletters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find below biotech IP newsletters recently provided by Dr. Stefan Danner. SPCs For Combination Products &#8211; Opinion Of The Advocate General EPO Ruling On The Patentability Of Medical Treatments By Therapy &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES v. ELI LILLY – Increased European Harmony?</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2011/12/human-genome-sciences-v-eli-lilly-%e2%80%93-increased-european-harmony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Cole, European Patent Attorney, Lucas &#38; Co &#8211; Warlingham, UK Judgement &#8211; Human Genome Sciences Inc (Appellant) v Eli Lilly and Company (Respondent) The above proceedings relate to European Patent (UK) 0,939,804 concerning a new  human  protein called Neutrokine-α. The specification explained (i) the existence and amino acid sequence of Neutrokine-α, (ii) the nucleotide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPO Ruling On Inventiveness Of Drug Polymorphs</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2011/11/epo-ruling-on-inventiveness-of-drug-polymorphs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Dr. Stefan Danner, a German and European Patent Attorney at DHS Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Munich for letting us post the current issue of the biotech IP newsletter dealing with the recent EPO decision concerning the patentability of drug polymorphs. A PDF of the entire newsletter is attached at the end of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decision of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal &#8211; Sexual Crossing and Selection of Plants is Not Patentable Even When Using DNA Markers</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2011/05/decision-of-the-epo-enlarged-board-of-appeal-sexual-crossing-and-selection-of-plants-is-not-patentable-even-when-using-dna-markers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a contribution from Verena Simpson PhD of Zacco Denmark A/S. G 0001/08 The core of the Decision 1. A non-microbiological process for the production of plants which contains or consists of the steps of sexually crossing the whole genomes of plants and of subsequently selecting plants is in principle excluded from patentability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One step ahead and one step backward for the EU patent</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2011/03/one-step-ahead-and-one-step-backward-for-the-eu-patent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a contribution from Camilla Rendal Nielsen of Zacco Denmark A/S 1.   The EU Competiveness Council have authorised “enhanced cooperation” in the area of unitary patent protection, and. 2.   The EU court now states that the proposed Patents Court is not compatible with the provisions of the EU Treaty. The European Competiveness Council have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Union Patent Update</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2011/02/european-union-patent-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authored by Ms. Camilla Rendal Nielsen of Zacco Denmark A/S Latest news: Finally on the road towards an EU patent: Only Spain and Italy so far outside proposal to create a new EU-patent After failing to reach an agreement on an EU patent in December particularly due to Spain’s persistent opposition to leaving out Spanish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Patent Applications On The Fast Track – Nothing Extra Payable</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2011/02/uk-patent-applications-on-the-fast-track-%e2%80%93-nothing-extra-payable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post from Paul Cole of Lucas &#38; Co. Claims searched, examined and approved for grant (subject to publication and possible third party comments) within six working days? Not only theoretically possible but actually achieved in an application filed earlier this year at the UK IP Office through our firm. And in contrast to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals &#8211; EPO Enlarged Appeal Board decisions G2/07 and G1/08 &#8211; Essentially Biological Processes</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2010/12/essentially-biological-processes-for-the-production-of-plants-and-animals-epo-enlarged-appeal-board-decisions-g207-and-g108-essentially-biological-processes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Paul Cole Opinions were handed down on 9th December in the above two cases concerning the scope of the exclusion of a.53(b) EPC 1973. That article is further defined in r.23b(5) EPC 1973, now r.26(5) EPC 2000 which specifies that such a process is essentially biological if it consists essentially of natural phenomena such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsflash! EPO announces that it does not require search results from priority applications filed at the USPTO, JPO and UKIPO</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2010/12/newsflash-epo-announces-that-it-does-not-require-search-results-from-priority-applications-filed-at-the-uspto-jpo-and-ukipo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Marks &#38; Clerk &#8211; This is a correction to the post of December 10th. Late yesterday &#8211; December 9, 2010 &#8211; a decision of the President of the European Patent Office (EPO) was posted on the EPO website confirming that the search results from a priority application filed at the US Patent Office (USPTO), Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obligation to submit search results to the EPO as of January 1, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.patents4life.com/2010/12/obligation-to-submit-search-results-to-the-epo-as-of-january-1-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patents4life.com/2010/12/obligation-to-submit-search-results-to-the-epo-as-of-january-1-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Woessner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitting search results of priority applications to the EPO will become obligatory as of January 1, 2011 The Implementing Regulations of the European Patent Convention will change as of January 1, 2011, which apply to European patent applications and international applications filed on or after that date. Thus, the new Rules do not apply to [...]]]></description>
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