Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. is a China-based company principally engaged in the research and development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of drugs to treat malignant tumors, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The Company’s core product is icotinib, which is a kind of antineoplastic agent. Its products also include burn pain relieving plaster, oryzanol vitamin B1 and vitamin B6 tablets. The Company mainly operates its business in domestic market.
Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd filed patent application numbered 842/MUMNP/2014 that is titled METHODS OF PREPARING ICOTINIB AND ICOTINIB HYDROCHLORIDE AND INTERMEDIATES THEREOF. This patent application has been granted as Patent Number 311673.
The invention covers chemical compounds. The present invention relates to the technical field of medicine. Provided are methods of preparing Icotinib, icotinib hydrochloride and intermediates thereof. The methods avoid the use of phosphoryl chloride thereby greatly reducing the emission of pollutants which is of major benefit to the economy and environment.
During patent examination, the patent examiner raised objections under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, wherein the examiner stated that Claims 1- 6 are not patentable u/s 3(d) of the Patents Act, 1970 unless they differ significantly with regard to efficacy compared to known compound.
As a response, the applicant submitted by explaining The process and the technical characteristics of the component to bring the uniqueness.
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