Once the Patent Law entered into effect in 1991, it became
possible in Russia to get a national patent directed at
pharmaceutical inventions, such as:
- a compound or a group of compounds of
general formula (Markush formula);
- a pharmaceutical composition;
- a biotech product;
- a preparation process;
- a new use of a known product;
- a method for treatment;
- prophylaxis; and
- diagnostics.
When the Eurasian Patent Convention entered into effect in 1995,
it became possible to get a Eurasian patent on those same
pharmaceutical inventions.
Characterisation of inventions
Nevertheless, until quite recently, Russian patent legislation
contained no special restrictions regarding the selection features
for characterisation for any of the listed inventions.
