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E. W. Kemble's "Death's Laboratory" on the cover of Collier's (June 3, 1905). A patent medicine, also known as a proprietary medicine or a nostrum (from the Latin nostrum remedium, or "our remedy") is a commercial product advertised to consumers as an over-the-counter medicine, generally for a variety of ailments, without regard to its actual effectiveness or the potential for harmful side ...
E. W. Kemble's "Death's Laboratory" on the cover of the 3 June 1905 edition of Collier's. A patent medicine (sometimes called a proprietary medicine) is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised by a trademark and trade name, and claimed to be effective against minor disorders and symptoms, [1] [2] [3] as opposed to a prescription drug that ...
Radithor was a patent medicine that is a well-known example of radioactive quackery. It consisted of triple-distilled water containing at a minimum 1 microcurie (37 kBq ) each of the radium-226 and 228 isotopes.
A medical patent may refer to a biological patent (see also gene patent) a chemical or pharmaceutical patent; a patent on a medical device; Second medical indication ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has said that to obtain a patent a real person must have made a “significant contribution” to the invention and that only a human being can be named ...
Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious.
Under Section 287(c) of the Patent Act, however, a claim of patent infringement cannot be maintained against a medical practitioner for performing a medical activity, or against a related health care entity with respect to such medical activity, unless the medical practitioner is working in a clinical diagnostic laboratory. [44]
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