Intellectual property patenting strategies

Technology managers should include the following elements in the plan itself the critical business issues the nature of markets and customers the thmsts of traditional and potential competitors the human resource issues, ie, the skills and abiUties needed to carry out the plan alternatives and contingencies to support the plan a patent and intellectual property strategy and the supporting faciUties and resource plan. The most frequentiy overlooked elements are human resource issues and patent strategies (50). 

Replacement of the phenyl group of anthranilic acid by a cycloalkene represents another strategy to obtain intellectual property. This endeavor resulted in three consecutive patent applications [73-75] and a publication [76]. The advantages of tetrahydro anthranilic acid as a surrogate for anthranilic acid include reduced CYP2C8 and 2C9 inhibition and improved oral exposure in mice (analogs 25 vs. 12). Ultimately, a pre-clinical candidate, MK-6892 (26), was selected from this series due to its... 

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) (2006). A Guide to Patents Utility. Available http //strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc mrksv/cipo/patents/pat gd protect-e.html sec2. Accessed 20 July 2006. 

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