01642nam a22002537a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026022001400067040001700081041000800098100001900106245012100125264008200246300001300328520079500341650001201136650002601148650003201174650001801206650001501224710006301239710003001302710005601332PH-MaWHO20260209133529.0260209b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a1684-9825  cWPRO Library  aeng  aCorrea, Carlos  aGuidelines for the examination of pharmaceutical patents :bdeveloping a public health perspective : a working paper  aGeneva : bInternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development,c2007.  a56 pages  aThis study is made available as a working paper in order to facilitate broader understanding, consultation and inputs. It is intended to be a contribution towards the improvement of transparency and efficiency of patentability examination for pharmaceuticals inventions, particularly in developing countries. It proposes a set of general guidelines for the assessment of some of the common modalities of pharmaceutical patent claims, and suggests elements for the development of public health-sensitive guidelines for the evaluation and review of pharmaceutical patents at the national level. It examines the practices of some patent offices and suggests some mechanisms that may be adopted to incorporate public health perspectives in procedures for the granting of pharmaceutical patents.  aPatents  aIntellectual property  aPharmaceutical preparations  aPublic policy  aGuidelines  aInternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development  aWorld Health Organization  aUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development.