In Barr's ongoing case against Eli Lilly's Evista, the generic firm argues that a priorpatent held by the University of Pennsylvania invalidates Lilly's claims.
在Barr对Eli Lilly ' s Evista案中,仿制药方提出宾夕法尼亚州大学拥有优先专利权使得Lilly公司的专利要求无效。
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Prior art is also the basis for determining whether some new step claimed in the invention is obvious-and therefore not worthy of a patent.
先前技术也将决定此项发明中所声称的新措施其实显而易见——因此配不上是一项专利。
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Prior to 2005 India's patent laws did not protect newly discovered compounds, only the process of making them.