Sentence examples for patentable compound from inspiring English sources

Dr. Levy said Abbott's chemists "basically knocked off" an existing hypertension medicine, changing a few molecules to turn prazosin, a Pfizer drug, into terazosin, a patentable compound that would later take the brand name Hytrin.

The first is that of non-patentable compounds and drugs whose patents have expired.

Paclitaxel is "neither patented nor patentable," a Bristol official assured Congress in 1991.

The company has applied for patents, but no patentable material is included in this article.

Pharmaceuticals were considered patentable inventions and patent duration was 10 years (Sec.31(1)).

"We felt strongly that what they had a patent on was not patentable," Mr. Downey said.

The idea of a former scientist doing patent law is hardly patentable; there's plenty of "prior art".

Research in the area of natural health has been limited and progress slow due to lack of funding for investigations of natural compounds, as they are not patentable and thus would result in low profits.

But Nastech approached Dr. Bloom with an idea that had the potential to solve both problems: a nose spray would eliminate the need for shots and would be patentable, because it would combine the hormone with other compounds already patented by Nastech to temporarily open pathways from nasal cells to the bloodstream.

However any business, which believes it may have patentable technology, should speak to a patent lawyer.

A 1998 patent court ruling declared "business methods" as patentable.