PATENTS – patent for controlled release aripiprazole formulations and methods for preparing and using such formulations – validity of extension of term of patent – validity of claims – whether pharmaceutical substance per se – whether pharmaceutical substance can include formulations – whether formulations can only include substances which have therapeutic use – whether pharmaceutical substances fall within scope of claims within meaning of s 70(2) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – whether goods on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods take all of the features of the pharmaceutical substance as required by s 70(3) Patents Act 1990 (Cth)
PATENTS – whether claims limited by result – validity of claims – whether claims should be revoked for lack of clarity and lack of definition – s 40(2)(b) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – s 40(3) Patents Act 1990 (Cth)
Related Federal Court case
Related Federal Court patent cases
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Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2022] HCA 29 (17 August 2022)
Patents – Invention – Manner of manufacture – Where appellant manufactured electronic gaming machines (“EGMs”) – Where appellant owned four innovation patents concerning various embodiments of EGM – Where specification described claimed invention as combination of player interface, being physical features of EGM, and game controller, being computerised components interacting with player interface to implement…
