Placing Chemical Compounds in the Public Domain

-- By TheodoreSmith - 18 Oct 2008

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chemical compounds are protected under US patent law as "compositions of matter." . Although an inventor seeking a compound patent must show a use for the claimed composition, the same patent may ordinarily be defeated by prior art showing only the structure and a means of successfully building or synthesizing the chemical; no showing of usefulness is required.

Enablement and Scanning Electron Microscopes

Use Patents and Usefulness

Technical Issues to be Overcome

Conclusion