Q: complexes of silver with citric acid can be patented in india
i had prepared silver complexes with citric acid and tartaric acid . Can it be patented in india. I had applied for patent it was given provisional patent but time expired
A:
Well, you cannot patent silver citrate or silver tartrate, because both are well-known compositions.
In most countries, you may be able to patent some sort of a medicine that uses these compounds as the API, but it is going to be tough.
Unfortunately for you, the public policy of India is to disallow patent protection for medicine that uses known compounds as the API; this is called "evergreening". It would be very difficult for you to patent such medicines.
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