PIUG 2021 - Thursday (Biotech)

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PIUG 2021  BIOTECH DAY  Virtual Meeting

 T H U R S D A Y M O R N I N G 8 : 0 0 A M – 12 : 1 0 P M

Early Disclosures of Biosequences Related to SARS-Cov-2 Biology and Covid-19 Medical Management in Patent Literature Luca Falciola (Scibilis Consulting Services SRL) 10:05 – 10:40 am  ABSTRACT Since early 2020, the global impact of Covid-19 emergency is affecting patent-related activities, from prosecution and filing policies to be adapted to lockdown conditions to short-term but possibly also more long-term effects over objectives and resources for innovation. As of spring 2021, it is still too early to have a complete view about if and how the newly established technologies adapted to this “new normal” situation have been also disclosed and claimed in patent literature, in particular for biotech products with longer clinical and manufacturing development time. It is anyway expected that, at least some applicants, given the financial and strategic interest to obtain a patent granted as early as possible, may have accelerated not only the filing but also the examination and publication of patent applications in their own country or other countries. The presentation, starting from a study of the earliest published patent documents related to SARS-Cov-2/Covid-19 (published as preprint in SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=3771756), provides some guidance, data, and examples about how combining different approaches (text-mining, patent classification, sequence comparison) for searching and analyzing relevant DNA and protein sequences relating to detection, prophylaxis, or therapy (such as antibodies, vaccines, antigens, or biomarkers) that were disclosed in patent literature published by main authorities worldwide between March 2020 and April 2021.  BIOGRAPHY Luca Falciola is manager at Scibilis SRL consultancy (Bruxelles, Belgium). He previously held positions as IP Manager in bio-pharmaceutical companies in Belgium, France and Switzerland. Luca holds a PhD in Applied Genetics in Italy and has pursued post-doc molecular biology research activities in Switzerland. He is Member of AIDB (Italian Association of Patent Searchers), wherein he acts as editor of monthly “AIDB Newsletter”. He has published articles and provided courses, webinars, and presentations about searching, analyzing and using information in patent and scientific databases, in particular for pharma and life sciences.