Sentence examples for basic patent at the from inspiring English sources
Almost from the moment Claritin was approved in 1993, with only five years remaining on its basic patent at the time, Schering-Plough and its competitors began to tussle over the drug's afterlife -- and, more important, when it would begin.
Nowadays erlotinib (and docetaxel) are still less expensive than pemetrexed; but docetaxel lost patent protection (basic compound patent) at the end of 2010, so docetaxel drug costs have decreased rapidly and the question remains whether erlotinib is still the least costly therapy alternative in second-line NSCLC.
In 1967 he designed the first IC-based electronic calculator, the Pocketronic, gaining himself and TI the basic patent that lies at the heart of all pocket calculators.
If no basic patent existed, the trust could simply buy up all the minor patents in the field.
A more basic patent protecting the active ingredient in Viagra was unaffected.
The lawyers suggested hiring large numbers of inventors, to build a fortress of improvement patents around the basic patent and keep competitors far from the company's technology.
There is an even bigger cloud over the prospects for Provigil: the basic patent on modafinil expired last year.
Part of the problem for OnLive, Mr. Perlman said, was that it was five years before government patent examiners looked at the application for its basic patent — and three years more before it was granted.
The list includes only products considered to be off-patent, i.e. not covered by a basic patent or a supplementary protection certificate.
Rohm also holds basic patents, including those for newer "ferro" chips, in which it leads the world in mass production.
