As per patent office journal dated 27/08/2021, patent number 374862 has been granted to PFIZER INC. that is titled NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF.
The primary independent claim of this patent states a composition comprising a first lipidated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and a second lipidated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2.
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 in the present invention, the composition as claimed in the amended claims of the instant invention are novel and inventive in view of the prior art documents. Moreover, Controller has not clarified or substantiated as to how the claimed compositions or methods are a “new form” or a “new use” of a “known substance” or “known process” or what the efficacy of the said known substance is or even clearly identified the alleged “known substance” and has only provided a vague reference to the cited Documents, without any clarity. Therefore, the present invention does not fall under section 3(d) of the Patents Act.
This patent falls under the category of Chemical. Overall, this patent covers stable formulations of Neisseria meningitis Subfamily B factor H binding protein (fHBP) antigens in immunogenic compositions. The fHBP antigens in the formulation include, for example, a lipidated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and a lipidated polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2.
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