US Patent 5,401,504 on the "use of turmeric in wound healing" was granted in 1995 to the University of…
CSIR filed a re-examination request in 1996 and cited prior art, including an "ancient Sanskrit text" and a 1953 paper in the Journal of the Indian Medical Association. The…
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US Patent 5,401,504 on the "use of turmeric in wound healing" was granted in 1995 to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. It is often cited to show why traditional knowledge needs protection because
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CSIR filed a re-examination request in 1996 and cited prior art, including an "ancient Sanskrit text" and a 1953 paper in the Journal of the Indian Medical Association. The USPTO rejected the claims, and the patent was revoked in 1997 because the claimed use was not new. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 did not exist then, so the NBA option is wrong.
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