Patenting practice in the fields of pharmaceuticals and computer

Patenting practice in the fields of
pharmaceuticals and computer
implemented inventions
Programme
Discussion Platform on patenting procedures - exchange with
NPOs
Seminar OT04-2014
9 May 2014
Venue
Turkish Patent Institute
Hipodrom Caddesi No: 115
Gazi Mah.
06330 Yenimahalle, Ankara
Turkey
Organised in cooperation by
European Patent Academy
European Patent Office
Bob-van-Benthem Platz 1
80469 Munich
Germany
Tel. +49 (0)89 2399-xxxx
[email protected]
Speakers
Mr. Maurice MOYNIHAN
Patent Examiner
European Patent Office (EPO)
Mr. Andrea VERONESE
Patent Examiner
European Patent Office (EPO)
Mr. Avedis BOYACI
Network Integration Services Development Manager
Turkcell Teknoloji, Turkey
Ms Gülben Karlıdağ
European / Turkish Patent Attorney
Sterling IP Ltd., United Kingdom
Mr İlhami Güneş
Judge
Izmir IP Court, Turkey
Mr Türkay Alıca
Judge
Ankara 3rd IP Court, Turkey
Moderators
Mr Tolga Çapın
Asst. Prof.
Bilkent University, Turkey
Ms Zeynep Ş. Teksin
Assoc. Prof.
Gazi University, Turkey
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Friday, 9 May 2014
Public event: representatives of the Turkish pharmaceutical and IT industry,
academia and patent attorneys, IP judges, TPI and EPO examiners
08.45
Arrival and registration
09.00
Welcome speech
Prof. Dr. Habip Asan, President, TPI
Marcus Rabe, EPO
09:15
The European Patent Office
Marcus Rabe, EPO
09.30
Division into working groups:
- computer implemented inventions
- pharmaceuticals
Working group computer implemented inventions:
09.30
EPO case law related to CII and business methods
Maurice Moynihan, Patent Examiner, EPO
10.10
Patentability of CII at the TPI
Bayram Daşbaşı, Patent Examiner, TPI
10.30
Coffee break
10:45
Computer Implemented Inventions
İlhami Güneş, Judge, İzmir IP Court
11:15
The experience of a Turkish IT company
Avedis Boyaci, Turkcell Teknoloji
11.45
Discussion with the floor on patenting activities in the field of CII and
business methods
- patenting trends in the technical field of CII and business methods
- communicating with applicants/representatives on patentability issues
- importance to protect software and how to do this
- recent decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO in the field of CII and
business methods
Moderator: Tolga Çapın, Asst. Prof., Bilkent University
12.30
Wrap-up by moderator
Tolga Çapın, Asst. Prof., Bilkent University
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Working group pharmaceuticals:
09.30
EPO case law in the field of pharmaceuticals
Andrea Veronese, Patent Examiner, EPO
10.10
Patentability of pharmaceuticals at the TPI
Serkan Özkan, Patent Examiner, TPI
10.30
Coffee break
10:45
Nullity litigations for pharmaceutical inventions, Valsartan Case
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Türkay Alıca, Judge, Ankara 3 IP Court
11:15
The experience of a Turkish pharmaceutical company
Gülben Karlıdağ, Sterling IP
11.45
Discussion with the floor on patenting activities in the field of
pharmaceuticals
- exclusion from patentability in the pharmaceutical field
- types of pharmaceutical patent claims
- sufficient description and experimental data
- evolution of European patent rules on “dosage regimen” and
"boundaries" with the method of treatment
- second and further medical use
- evaluation of experimental data involving an inventive step
- recent decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO in the field of
pharamceuticals
Moderator: Zeynep Ş. Teksin, Assoc. Prof., Gazi University
12.30
Wrap-up by moderator
Moderator: Zeynep Ş. Teksin, Assoc. Prof., Gazi University
12:45
Closing remarks in the plenary
Salih Bektaş, Head of Patent Department, TPI
Marcus Rabe, EPO
13.00
End of the public event
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