Books and Chapters

U.S. Chemical Patent Law: A Practical Guide

Bloomberg Law October 1, 2019
Authors: Bonnie W. Nannenga-Combs, Ph.D., David H. Holman, Ph.D., Deborah Sterling, Ph.D., Gaby L. Longsworth, Ph.D., John M. Covert, Jorge A. Goldstein, Ph.D., Marsha Rose Gillentine, Ph.D., Matthew S. Bodenstein, Michael “Mick” F. Gross, Ph.D.

U.S. Chemical Patent Law: A Practical Guide, edited by Director Robert W. Esmond, Ph.D., is published by Bloomberg Law.

The publication is designed to be a practical guide for the preparation and prosecution of U.S. chemical patent applications. Each chapter addresses a different issue facing the chemical prosecutor, provides the present day state of the law with representative cases, and provides tips for writing and prosecuting patent applications. The publication provides a clear and up-to-date guidance and warnings about hidden pitfalls on chemical patent law.

The publication begins with a chapter describing the historical development of U.S. Chemical Patent Law. Further chapters discuss the claiming of chemical inventions, anticipation, obviousness, written description and enablement, restriction requirement practice, obviousness-type double patenting, patent eligibility, patent office litigation, and infringement.

Limited copies of U.S. Chemical Patent Law: A Practical Guide are available by request. For consideration, please submit a request using this online form.