Innovations in Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals Need Effective Protection
Chemical products and pharmaceuticals are indispensable to our lives. Just how vital these can be was demonstrated particularly vividly during the coronavirus pandemic. Only thanks to the rapid development of a vaccine against the coronavirus could a gradual return to normality emerge.
However, the development of new chemical products and pharmaceuticals is usually lengthy and often involves immense costs. Patents are, not least, what ensures that these high investments ultimately pay off, thereby providing an important incentive for the ongoing pursuit of chemical and pharmaceutical innovation. For chemical products and pharmaceuticals, effective protection through patents is essential. Put another way: without chemistry and pharma patents, innovation in these fields would grind to a halt.
Our patent attorneys specialising in chemistry and pharmaceuticals support multinational and medium-sized companies, as well as start-ups and scientific institutions, in protecting the results of their research and development.
We advise you on obtaining, enforcing, and defending IP rights for inventions across the most varied fields of chemistry and pharmaceuticals. These include, for example, detergents, cosmetics, food and dietary supplements, textiles, tyres, alternative fuels, paints and coatings, adhesives, nanotechnology, polymers, construction chemicals, paper and packaging, as well as pharmaceuticals – including classic active pharmaceutical ingredients as well as pharmaceutical formulations and antibody drugs.
Together with you, we strive to achieve the best possible patent protection for your innovation and therefore take a highly comprehensive approach. In the field of chemistry, a patent should cover product claims as well as process and use claims. In the pharmaceutical field, claims for the first, second, or further indication are also relevant; alternatively, patents can also be limited to such indications.
We support you in drafting patent applications and assist you throughout the examination proceedings before the patent offices. We accompany you on the path to patent grant and represent you in any opposition, revocation, and infringement proceedings. Opinions, FTO analyses, and due diligence reviews in the chemistry and pharma sector are also part of our daily business. In the pharmaceutical field, we further handle applications for supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), which are of enormous importance there. Finally, we have extensive experience in developing targeted patent strategies for chemistry and pharma companies.
Feel free to reach out to our patent attorneys specialising in chemistry and pharma patents at any time.
