National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) was initiated with three specializations Biotechnology, Natural Products and Pharmaceutics and over the period of time three more specialisations Pharmaceutical Analysis, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology were added in 2010. Subsequently in 2011, to cater the needs of Medical device industry in India, another feather was added to the cap of NIPER Ahmedabad in the form of specialisation in Medical Devices.
In India, the Pharmaceutical business of NIPER is focused on preparation of discrete particles of nanocrystalline solid dispersion, development of novel 8-aminoquinoline analogs for treating malaria.
NIPER filed patent application numbered 1681/DEL/2010 that is titled A METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF N-t Boc FORMATION WITH IONIC CATALYSTS. This patent application has been granted as Patent Number 306975.
The invention covers Chemical compounds. The invention relates to a method for the synthesis of N-t-Boc formation with the ionic liquid catalysts of formula I, Wherein R(2) = an alkyl chain; R(f) independently represents an alkyl chain or alkyl chain with halogen substituent; a cation and X represents counter anion, said method comprises.
During patent examination, the patent examiner raised objections under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, wherein the examiner stated that the Claim(s) (1-13) are statutorily non-patentable and It discloses a similar process for the preparation of N-tBoc. Hence, the mere use of a known process unless it involves a new product or at least one new reactant is not allowed.
As a response, applicant used graphical representation is used to differentiate.
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