Need to strengthen the patent protection of an invention for a process in China
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The article submits that protection for a patent for a process invention is incomplete in China in that it does not protect the product prepared by the process. The question of extending the scope of protection to pharmaceuticals and chemical substances is under consideration in China and the writer argues that a first step which should be taken is to extend the protection for process inventions to the products thereof.