Patents
- Date:
- 1990-2010
- Reference:
- SA/KET/A/4
- Part of:
- The Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
This sub section largely contains patents associated with the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology during the years in which anti-TNF therapy was being developed and licensed.
The patents contain records from the various stages of the prosecution process. This includes patent application specifications, claims and drawings; inventor assignment forms and power of attorney declarations; patent examination office actions and written opinions; solicitor correspondence relating to multiple applications; patent opposition and appeal papers and notice of allowance/publication of patents.
The sub section also contains some patent related correspondence and patent certificates.
Due to organisational and naming changes at the Kennedy Institute between 1990 and 2010 the named applicants of patents frequently change in the subsection. Names of applicants include The Charing Cross Sunley Research Centre, The Mathilda and Terence Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and The Mathilda and Terence Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Trust. Some patents also fall under the applicant Synovis, linked to Imperial College Innovations, Marc Feldmann, Ravinder Maini, and Brian Foxwell.
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See Espacenet patent search to view details of patents filed by the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology included in this archive. This databse has digital copies of international patent applications, patent summaries, information on filing and publication here
Alternative places to search patents include: The United States Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office, Google Patents and WIPO PATENTSCOPE.