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Mewburn Ellis’ Rhiannon Wescott outlines whether or not a functionally defined patent claim can protect medicinal products

Rhiannon Wescott, Mewburn Ellis

Can a functionally defined patent claim ‘protect’ a medicinal product? From a patent perspective, this may seem like a strange question with an obvious answer; “of course”. In the world of supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) however, the answer is not always so straightforward.