As per patent office journal dated 30/07/2021, patent number 372415 has been granted to TEIJIN PHARMA LIMITED that is titled CRYSTAL OF AZOLE BENZENE DERIVATIVE. The primary independent claim of this patent states a crystal of 2-[-4-(2,2-dimethylpropoxy)-3-(1H-1,2,3,4-tetrazol-l-yl)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid.
During the patent prosecution, the patent examiner objected to this patent under section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that section 3(d) does not apply to the present compounds, as the claimed compound is a novel compound and the claims relate to a crystal form of a novel compound, and therefore the claimed crystal form is a novel form of a novel compound. Therefore, in view of this, the claimed compounds cannot be regarded as a new form of known compound, as prohibited under Section 3(d) of the Act. Therefore, the present invention does not fall under the ambit of section 3(d) of the Patents Act.
This patent falls under the category of Chemical. Overall, this patent covers The present invention relates to a crystal of 2-[-4-(2,2-dimethylpropoxy)-3-(1H-1,2,3,4-tetrazol-lyl)phenyl]-4-methyl-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid.
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