Changes in academic systems with respect to intellectual property (IP) as well as the increasing demand for external funding for high-tech research have led to a more and more prominent desire in the scientific environment to pursue both publishing and patenting. This article looks at the current state of the disclosure requirements in the context of patenting of life sciences inventions. This is done with the aim of providing some practical guidelines for researchers as to when an invention has been made and at what point in time it may be worth/reasonable to start filing a patent application, i.e. when there is sufficient data and information to allow a reasonable expectation of success.

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什么时候申请专利？科学家的观点

与知识产权 (IP) 相关的学术体系的变化以及对高科技研究外部资金的需求不断增加，导致科学环境中追求出版和专利的愿望越来越突出。本文着眼于生命科学发明专利背景下公开要求的现状。这样做的目的是为研究人员提供一些实用指南，以了解何时做出发明以及在什么时候开始提交专利申请可能值得/合理，即何时有足够的数据和信息允许对成功的合理预期。