Levofloxacin

Indications: Depression; Panic disorder
Innovator: Lundbeck (Cipramil, Ciazil); Forest Labs (Celexa, Lexapro)

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Imagine having your own team of pharmaceutical patent experts, at a fraction of the cost and without the wait. Used by the worlds leading generic pharmaceutical companies and legal teams, Pipeline Developer minimises the risk of wasted developments or legal action, by providing you with nothing less than the very best in comprehensive patent information. Searched and analysed by highly trained, dedicated staff using sophisticated searching techniques, Pipeline Developer delivers results you can rely on. And that means your staff can concentrate on how the patent landscape affects your business, rather than trying to source reliable patent information.

Pipeline Developer is a regularly updated, professional patent search which not only identifies relevant patents, but delivers categorisation and interpretation, all delivered by a convenient online interface.

• Comprehensive patent searching, covering the world's key territories
• Identifies patents covering molecule, formulation, process, use, combination and assay techniques
• Grouped by patent family and assigned to development categories based on Interpretation of key aspects of the patent claims
• Manual filtration of patents not relevant to generic development
• Updated on a monthly basis, including changes to patent families, statuses, and litigation.
• Enables fast analysis and verification by hyper-linking to crucial patent documents and national registers.

Examples of information found in this online report include:

Patent identification, categorisation and interpretation

Patents are grouped by families and sorted by development category (1) and sub-category (2) allowing quick analysis of which patents are relevant to a particular development area. The independent claims of each member of the patent family have been analysed and interpreted to prepare the Description of the Claimed Invention (3), meaning that those without knowledge of patent language can still easily use these reports.

Search coverage
Clicking on a patent family displays detailed information on the 'Core' and 'Non-Core' 'Patent Family Equivalents'. 'Core Patent Family Equivalents' (4) are equivalent patents from territories that are individually verified and monitored for changes, including British, German, Spanish, French, US, Canadian, Australian, European, and PCT patents. Statuses (5) are also monitored and updated. 'Extended Patent Family Equivalents' (6) are equivalent patents found through the INPADOC database, increasing the search coverage to 70 countries.

Patent and national register access
Clicking on a listed patent/application number or text or image link will launch a pop-up window containing an image of the patent, enabling easy analysis of the patent documents. Clicking on a register link launches a pop-up window with the patent office register extract for that patent. This allows investigation into the examination status of a pending patent, opposition of a granted patent and/or payment of maintenance fees. Please note that no extra charges apply to accessing or downloading documents of any kind.

Litigation alerts
Informing you of developments in court, litigation alerts can also be accessed by clicking on the litigation symbol next to the status, with links to judgements where available.

Updating
To take the time and hassle out of monitoring and updating a large number of patents, all Pipeline™ Developer reporting is updated on a monthly basis. Convenient change flags identify new patent families, new patent family members, changes in statuses and litigation alerts.

Legal status and transaction history
You can also find legal status and transaction history for 'Extended Patent Family Equivalents' by clicking on the INPADOC Family/Legal Status button for 65 additional territories.

Reporting and access
All data can be exported into Microsoft Excel and print friendly versions for ease of data manipulation and reporting. Company details are confidential and all data is SSL secure. Five users per company are permitted and access levels are controlled by a nominated 'company administrator'.

Please note that it is important that you read the Scope & Limitations to ensure you are clear on what has been included in a Pipeline™ Developer patent search.