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PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE MODERN PATENT SYSTEM; 1. Thenature and origins of patent monopolies; 2. The development of patentlaw; 3. Patents in developing countries; PART II: PATENT LAW AND PATENTPROCEDURE; 4. What can be patented; 5. Filing a patent application; 6.Obtaining a granted patent national procedures compared; 7. Obtaining agranted patent EPC and PCT procedures; 8. Maintaining a patent in forceand extension of term; 9. Patent infringement; 10. Invalidity andamendment of granted patents; PART III: PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS INSPECIFIC TECHNICAL FIELDS; 11. Chemical inventions; 12. Pharmaceuticalinventions; 13. Biotechnological inventions; 14. Patenting of genes,plants and animals; 15. Electronic and computer-related inventions;PART IV: PATENTING IN PRACTICE; 16. The patent practitioner and hisfunctions; 17. Drafting the patent specification; 18. Drafting theclaims; 19. Prosecution of the patent application to grant; 20. Patentsand information; PART V: COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF PATENTS; 21.Inventorship, ownership and compensation; 22. The commercial value ofpatents; 23. How to catch the infringer - and how not to infringeoneself; 24. Patent aspects of licensing; 25. Patents and competitionlaw