A 'chemical patent' is an important source of technical and bibliographic information. Chemical
patents are different from other sources of technical information because of the generic,
Markush structures contained within them, named after the inventor
Eugene Markush who won a claim in the US in
1925 to allow such structures to be used in patent claims. These generic structures are used to make the patent claim as broad as possible.
Chemical patents are particularly important in the
pharmaceuticals industry where they are used to protect the large investments that are necessary to develop
drugs.
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India wins landmark patent battle