Patent Landscape Report on Ritonavir

Download or read book Patent Landscape Report on Ritonavir written by World Intellectual Property Organization and published by WIPO. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is dedicated to Ritonavir – an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV infection and AIDS. A major goal of the report is to highlight the technology timeline for Ritonavir from the first filing of this compound to the present filings. It identifies a number of innovation tracks derived from the first Ritonavir patent document. The report also includes an analysis of statistical trends. A comprehensive explanation of the search methodology and history (including all search queries), and of the evaluation of the search results is included and illustrates how patent information can be retrieved and exploited in the area of pharmaceuticals.