INPI Argentina. Guidelines for Patentability Examination of Patent Applications for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Inventions. Presented by Georgina Gerde, Chief Patent Legal Officer, INPI, Argentina.

1. GLOBAL SUMMIT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY &
ACCESS TO MEDICINES
PATHWAYS TO ACCESS
15-17 January, 2018. Marrakesh, Morocco.

2. INPI ARGENTINA. Guidelines for Patentability Examination of patent
applications for chemical and pharmaceuticals inventions

3. TRIPS flexibilities: patentability criteria & policy coherence
Strict application
Strict interpretation
High standards
So…..

4. Year: 2012. Joint resolution. Why?
Ministry of Industry
Ministry of Health
National Industrial Property Institute of Argentina
-Jointly adopted guidelines for examination
-Instructions regarding the application of the patentability standards
in pharmaceutical field

5. The guidelines establish that :
new use,
new form,
new formulation patents, and
other changes to drugs
are not patentable

6. POLYMORPHS: is not a man made invention but a property of each substance
PSEUDOPOLYMORPHS ( hydrates and solvates)
ENANTIOMERS
MARKUSH- TYPE FORMULA
SELECTION PATENT APPLICATIONS
SALTS, ESTERES AND OTHER DERIVATIONS OF KNOWN SUBSTANCES
ACTIVE METABOLITES
PRODRUGS
FORMULATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS
COMBINATIONS
DOSAGE/DOSE
SECOND MEDICAL INDICATION
ANALOGOUS PROCESSES

7. guidelines + oppositions = high quality patents

8. PATENTS: FILINGS
0
1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
6.000
7.000
8.000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Local & Foreign Filings
(1995-2016)
Resident
17%
Non-resident
83%
4.017
7.033

9. GEORGINA GERDE
ggerde@inpi.gob.ar
INPI ARGENTINA
.

10. GEORGINA GERDE
ggerde@inpi.gob.ar
INPI ARGENTINA
.