(i) Medical instruments or devices, or medical materials and reagents, and techniques for their improvement
1) Medical devices (such as surgical instruments, testing instruments, medical devices or equipment, etc.), when it is found that there is something less than perfect or practical in the instrument used, that is the discovery of a patentable point of invention.
2)How to improve a certain part of the device, or add a certain part, or develop what kind of new device can achieve better results; the effect can be reflected in the simplification of operation steps, easy to use, reduce the patient's pain, durable and long-lasting, etc., are the points of invention that can bring about beneficial effects.
3)When applying for a patent on a structural product such as a device, the application should at least describe the structural composition of the product, the connection relationship of the parts, and the working process.
(2) The drug itself, preparation method, and medicinal use of a western medicine/herbal medicine/compound
1)When applying for a patent on a technology related to a drug, at least the composition of the drug, the preparation method, experimental data, and the use of the drug should be described.
2)For example, a patent on a traditional Chinese medicine preparation should at least describe the composition of the prescription, the preparation process, the dosage, and the medical use of the traditional Chinese medicine preparation (as reflected in the valid data of pharmacological tests or clinical trials).
3) such as: the use of pharmaceutical compositions patent, at least should describe the composition and content of the composition, preparation process, nature and use, the use of verification experiments (can be simulated experiments or animal experiments, or clinical experiments), or if necessary, the source of the components or the preparation method, the permissible range of impurities, etc..
(3) Diagnostic reagents or diagnostic kits
1) When applying for a patent for this technology, at least the composition and source of the diagnostic reagent or kit, diagnostic principles, preparation methods, diagnostic experiments and so on should be described.
(iv) Detection/experimental methods for substances
1) When applying for a patent for this technology, at least the experimental conditions and steps of the method, experiments for the specific application of the method, etc. should be described.
(v) Biological tissue engineering technology, such as biomaterials, tissue construction methods
1) Tissue engineering, including: cartilage and bone tissue construction, tissue-engineered blood vessels, nerve tissue engineering, skin tissue engineering, oral tissue engineering, tendon and ligament tissue engineering, cornea tissue engineering, and tissue engineering of the liver, pancreas, kidney, and urinary system.
2)Seed cells, biomaterials, and methods of constructing tissues in research on tissue engineering technology are patentable.
3)When applying for a patent on this technology, the application should at least describe its specific construction method, the source of cells or raw materials, and the application of animal experiments.
(VI) Microorganisms which have been isolated and have a specific industrial use
1)Microorganisms include: bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, viruses, protozoa, algae, and so on.
2)When applying for a patent for this technology, at least the taxonomic nomenclature and Latin scientific name of the microorganism, information on its characteristics, experiments on obtaining and applying it, and information on its biocontainment (as the case may be) should be described.
(VII) Biotechnology, such as genes, recombinant vectors, etc.
1) When applying for a patent on a gene technology, at least the name of the gene, its structure (which may be indicated by a sequence table), preparation method, experiments for verification of its function or use, etc. shall be described.
2)When applying for a patent on the use of a gene, at least the name, structure (which can be represented by a sequence table), experimental verification of the use, and effect of the gene shall be described.
3)When applying for a patent for a recombinant protein, at least the structure (which may be expressed by an amino acid sequence), method of preparation, function or use (as demonstrated by experiments), etc., of the recombinant protein shall be described; the method of preparation shall include a method of obtaining a gene encoding a polypeptide or a protein, a method of obtaining an expression vector used, a host, a method of introducing the gene into a host, a method of collecting the gene from a transformant in which the gene is introduced and steps for purifying the polypeptide or protein, etc.
(viii) Methods for establishing animal models
1) Techniques belong to the experimental methods for animal models and are categorized in the field of pathology.
2)When applying for a patent for the technology, at least the experimental materials (such as the main reagents, the main apparatus, and the experimental animals), the experimental method, the experimental results, and the experimental diagrams should be described.
(ix) Systems for medical use
1)Methods belonging to the system applied to hospitals, which are feasible and can bring better results.
2)When applying for a patent for this technology, at least the composition of the system, the details of each part, the application experiment of the system, the schematic diagram of the system structure, etc. should be described.