How to apply for a drug patent in the United States

As a pharmaceutical patent, a research unit or enterprise usually applies for a patent to the patent office of the country where it is located or the patent office of the country where its subsidiary is located before the phase I clinic after pharmacological and biochemical screening has found bioactive components with pharmacological effects. Generally, it takes 8~ 12 years from patent application to new drug listing.

There are generally two ways to apply for a patent in America. First, find a lawyer to apply; The second is directly applied by the inventor. If you think it is necessary to apply for a patent for a new drug developed in the United States, first fill out a simple application form.

The contents of the application form generally include: ① drug topics; ② The purpose of drug development; ③ What is the relationship between drug development and current work, contract and plan?

The application also needs to briefly explain the contents of drug research: ① the background of drug development, where the initial idea of drug development came from; (2) the laboratory records, when to use, sell, time, signature.

After sending the simple form to the Committee for examination, the Committee will draw a conclusion according to the conditions that the patent application must meet, that is, the appropriate theme, the brand-new content is useful, not obvious, but an invention. If passed by the Committee, the patent lawyer can be asked to fill in the detailed application form or the inventor can fill it out himself, and the lawyer can have a look, and then the applicant can submit it directly.

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