What Constitutes Patentable Innovations in Cancer?
Innovations in the field of cancer can include a wide range of developments such as new therapeutic drugs, diagnostic techniques, medical devices, and biomarkers. To be patentable, these innovations must meet certain criteria: they must be novel, non-obvious, and useful. Novelty means that the invention has not been publicly disclosed before, non-obviousness implies that the invention is not an obvious extension of existing technology, and usefulness denotes practical utility in the medical field.