Patents Australia

The next important step was taken by M. Herrenschmidt and Borthwick, who in 1876, in Australia, patented the process shown iii fig. 23, especially applied to ores containing gold. This process consisted of a rotating roasting furnace, having the section of an elongated horizontal truncated cone, with a ventilator and a chamber for the deposit of the volatile oxide formed. 

McTaggart, F. (1965b), Plasma Production of Pure Metals in Microwave Discharges, Australia Patent no. 66043/65. 

Generally, if the invention has been disclosed to the public, even by one of the inventors, before the filing date of the patent application the invention is no longer novel and so a patent cannot be granted. However, major exceptions to this are in the USA and Canada where a one-year grace period for inventor disclosures applies. Some, more restricted, grace periods apply in other countries such as Japan and Australia. 

Kallenites. Dynamites patented in Australia in 1899 by Callaghan Fraser, recommended for underground work because they did not produce poisonous gases. They contained NG, absorbed by finely ground eucalyptus leaves and tree bark. Some varieties contained K nitrate and NC... 

Agreements with Singapore, Morocco, and Australia allow patent holders to contractually prevent parallel importation, while the FTAA mandates regional exhaustion within five years of signature, effectively excluding parallel imports from outside countries. These provisions will prohibit countries from importing lower-priced patented medicines sold in other countries. 

While TRIPS does not require countries to grant patents on new uses of existing medicines, the U.S.-Morocco, U.S.-Australia, and U.S.-Bahrain FTAs do, enabling companies to extend patent terms on existing products, thereby "evergreening" their monopolies (MSF 2004), and indefinitely keeping generic competitors out of the market. 

Liquid—Liquid Extraction. Among the various extractants available for the recovery of metals from aqueous streams, only 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives are effective for the recovery of gallium from Bayer liquor. A process has been developed and patented (7—12). Production began in 1980 in Salindres, France, followed in 1989 in Pinjarra, western Australia. 

S.P.J. Higson, Sensor International Patent PCT/GB96/00922, continuation of UK patent 9507991—filed 19th November 1996. Patents granted to date in Europe, US, Canada, Japan and Australia. 

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