“What can you patent and what can you not patent in the UK? Chartered Patent Attorney, Nonny Jones of Alembia Intellectual Property explains what you need to know about applying for a patent in the UK in this Gazette article.”
Ask any patent practitioner the hardest territories in which to pursue pharmaceutical patents and they will probably mention Brazil. Idiosyncrasies in the way Brazil examines patent applications have caused huge delays in prosecution, as well as complaints of unfair rejections and even bias against foreign applicants.