Patents directed to polymorphs of pharmaceutical compounds can be of significant commercial importance. However, care needs to be taken both during drafting and prosecution to increase the chance of success at the European Patent Office. This webinar will discuss some of the issues faced for patent applications for polymorphs and how those issues can be addressed at the EPO, as well as looking at some recent case law.

Topics will include:

How to draft claims directed to polymorphs
Other drafting tips for polymorph applications
Establishing novelty and inventive step for polymorphs
Other issues for polymorph applications
Recent decisions and trends in the polymorph case law at the EPO

Speakers: Guy Brain, Chris Milton