The article reports that Indian Patent Ordinance indirectly recognizes "new uses" as patentable in India. Section 3 of the Indian Patents Act 1970 excluded "new use" from the scope of patentable inventions. The recent amendment enables pharmaceutical companies to protect new uses of patented drug...
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The Patent Act of 1970 and the Patent Rules of 1972 govern patent administration in India. However, inventions must not have been published in India or outside of India, must not have been previously known or be currently in use in public within India, and must not have been claimed previo...