July 2011

Indoco has built a visible presence across all it's markets in Europe, USA, Asia, Africa, Latin America and other CIS countries. A number of its products have emerged as brand leaders in the Indian and in International markets. Indoco has made significant investments to build capabilities in API manufacturing and R & D services to enhance its visibility.

Emcure are fortunate to have a very passionate and talented team. Emcure is committed to emerge as the most preferred employer. We have conducted several training programs and also taken policy decisions towards creating a better work life balance for our people.

Surya Healthcare is a subsidiary of Surya Pharmaceuticals Limited with widespread domestic and international operations. The force behind Surya Healthcare is its parent company Surya Pharmaceuticals Limited. It is uniquely positioned in the Pharmaceutical trade known for its competencies in API, formulation and contract manufacturing across different therapeutic segments serving both domestic and international clients.

Surya Healthcare is a subsidiary of Surya Pharmaceuticals Limited with widespread domestic and international operations. The force behind Surya Healthcare is its parent company Surya Pharmaceuticals Limited. It is uniquely positioned in the Pharmaceutical trade known for its competencies in API, formulation and contract manufacturing across different therapeutic segments serving both domestic and international clients.

About Authors: Patel Rahul G.
Quality Assurance Devision,
Arihant School of pharmacy and Bioreseach institute,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Reference ID: PHARMATUTOR-ART-1071

Abstract
Patent right can be conformed  to any invention which can fulfill the criteria of novelty, non obviousness and commercial utility .To check the novelty and non obviousness aspect of invention, patent search and prior art search are very essential. Every country  has its own patent right. As India is growing very rapidly in pharmaceutical sector, there is a need of information about the patent search. Patent search has to be done for both granted patents and published patents as well as for  research publications. There are number of databases are available to do patent search which includes ..
(1) Free databases like google patents, USPTO, EPO, Free patents online etc.
(2) Paid databases like scifinder, micropat, patent insight pro etc.
Each databases have its own merits and demerits. Hear we have included statements  and all databases regarding patent search also how to file a patent in more than one country by single patent application.
The objective of this paper would be to provid ready reckner to any researcher  who would like to begin their patent search and will get better idea regarding scopes and limitation of his search to develop research strategy accordingly.