Risedronate沒有在'406專利的專利範圍中,也沒有被揭露在說明書中。名稱為「Regimen for Treating Osteoporosis」,專利範圍是治療骨質疏鬆症的間歇給藥方法。'406專利列出了36種polyphosphonate分子作為治療候選藥物,8種用於間歇給藥的優選化合物,包括2-pyr EHDP。
PharmaStem Therapeutics, Inc. v. ViaCell, Inc., 491 F.3d 1342, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2007)
Eisai Co. Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy's Labs., Ltd., 533 F.3d 1353, 1356-57 (Fed. Cir. 2008); see also Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex, Inc., 550 F.3d 1075, 1086 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (「判例建立了一種分析程序,在該程序中,新化學化合物與先前技術化合物之間的緊密結構相似性通常認為產生了顯而易見性的表面證據…」); In re Mayne, 104 F.3d 1339, 1343 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (「結構關係通常提供修飾已知化合物以獲得新化合物的必要動機」); In re Payne, 606 F.2d 303, 313-15 (CCPA 1979) (討論基於緊密結構相似性的顯而易見性推論)
Takeda, 492 F.3d at 1356
Eisai, 533 F.3d at 1357
In re Grabiak, 769 F.2d 729, 731-32 (Fed. Cir. 1985)
Takeda, 492 F.3d at 1356-57
Herbert Fleisch, Chemistry and Mechanisms of Action of Bisphosphonates, Bone Resorption, Metastasis, and Diphosphonates (1985), p. 33-40
PharmaStem, 491 F.3d at 1360
127 S. Ct. at 1742
Pfizer, 480 F.3d at 1364 (citing In re Corkill, 771 F.2d 1496, 1500 (Fed. Cir. 1985))
In re Dillon, 919 F.2d 688, 692-93 (Fed. Cir. 1990)
Takeda, 492 F.3d at 1359; see also Eisai Co. Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy's Labs., Ltd., 533 F.3d 1353, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (聲明「KSR案後,化學化合物的顯而易見性表面證據通常仍從在先前技術中合理鑑定先導化合物開始」)
Eisai Co. Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy's Labs., Ltd., 533 F.3d 1353, 1356-57 (Fed. Cir. 2008); see also Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex, Inc., 550 F.3d 1075, 1086 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (「判例建立了一種分析程序,在該程序中,新化學化合物與先前技術化合物之間的緊密結構相似性通常認為產生了顯而易見性的表面證據…」); In re Mayne, 104 F.3d 1339, 1343 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (「結構關係通常提供修飾已知化合物以獲得新化合物的必要動機」); In re Payne, 606 F.2d 303, 313-15 (CCPA 1979) (討論基於緊密結構相似性的顯而易見性推論)