To Promote the Progress of Useful Articles?: An analysis of the current utility standards...
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38 IDEA 625
Year
1998
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Phanesh Koneru, Article: To Promote the Progress of Useful Articles?: An Analysis of the Current Utility Standards of Pharmaceutical Products and Biotechnological Research Tools, 38 IDEA 625 (1998).
This article analyzes the Brenner definition of utility with a focus on biotechnology. The article states that prior to Brenner, "chemical compounds were considered useful per se." The article argues that the Constitution "promotes it progress by stimulating inventive activity, by bringing about a disclosure of the results of that activity, and by encouraging investment in the production and marketing of inventions as well as in research and development." "This result Brenneris hardly conducive to encourage disclosure and promote the progress of the useful art concerned."