OBJ - qualitative analysis 2013 (courtesy of abdm)
Patent applications should be organized and drafted with a long-term objective that carefully considers the multiple possibilities, and opportunities, of field-of-use licensing. This is particularly the case in the pharmaceutical, biochemical, and chemical disciplines, as inventions can have multiple applications that are sometimes impossible to foresee. Technology managers must, therefore, focus strategically, not only on the basic idea of an invention but broadly, in order to consider the various ways such an invention might be put into more widespread and more profitable use. Therefore, the more details, examples and alternatives that are thought through and then disclosed in the patent application, the greater the opportunity for future divisional or continuation applications, as well as future claims that can be exclusively (field-of-use) licensed. By making all of the institution’s licenses, in effect, field-of-use licenses, the technology manager retains the ability to take a possible future use and license it to someone else, maximizing the benefits of the inventions and generating higher royalties for the institution - IP Handbook
2010
"Over the reporting period, the Company has expanded its Intellectual Property and Patent portfolios with the lodgement of seven new "Field of Use" patent applications covering the commercial areas of interest to OBJ's partner companies and the progression of its foundation patents through to examination in both the USA and Europe. These IP programs are designed to provide broad exclusivity across key markets and to allow efficient and effective licensing across key market sectors."
2011
"Over the period, the Company has undertaken significant expansion to its IP and Patent portfolios with the lodgement of 6 additional "Field of Use" patent applications covering the major commercial areas of interest to OBJ's partner companies and the progression of its foundation patents through to final examination in both the USA and Europe. These programs are designed to provide OBJ with broad exclusivity across key markets and to allow efficient and effective licensing across key market sectors.
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