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The patent cliff has driven a wave of acquisitions as drugmakers race to replace expiring revenue before it vanishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Its maker, Novo Nordisk, faces the most exposure of any major drugmaker: 77% of what made up its 2025 sales is set to lose patent protection by the end of 2033.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

That means Merck, the maker of Keytruda, and Bristol Myers Squibb, who produces Opdivo, each have more than 65% of last year’s sales exposed because of these patent expirations along with others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Erasca’s drug produced its first human data only this year, and RevMed is threatening patent litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Lawrence’s relationship with the patent bureaucracy would never be particularly comfortable or, for that matter, lucrative.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The intellectual property formerly owned by Zume – more than 300 patents – was bought up, external by Miso Robotics, of California.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Within a few years, he had filed hundreds of patents and electrified lower Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Nearly four decades since he co-founded the biotech Regeneron, Yancopoulos has more than 1,000 patents worldwide, including 77 granted in the U.S., and has authored more than 500 scientific papers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Svensson and Coassolo are inventors on patents regarding BRP peptides for metabolic disorders.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

But patents do not last for ever, and they give you a claim only within a particular jurisdiction.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"So this retains the biodegradability," she added, declining to reveal further details of the patented process.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

If a patented drug is listed by the U.S. government as in short supply, compounders can legally produce it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Also in 2023, engineering firm Hermann Ultraschall bought the rights to develop a patented ultrasonic paper sealing technology, a process which it likens to welding.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In any case, get used to it: China-made vehicles, transplant brands, patented technology and aesthetics are likely to reshape the U.S. auto market in the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Mind’s Eye promises to deliver entertainment directly to your brain through its patented NeuroFace technology.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Among their backers was a third Nobel brother, Alfred, already well on his way to immense wealth after patenting dynamite in 1867.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

In his spare time, he enjoys inventing and patenting original ideas.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

But manufacturers have long tweaked the delivery methods, patenting the changes, in ways that sometimes make the drugs more convenient to administer.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024

With the help of hid dad, he setup Arcane Footwear in 2021 after patenting a magnetic spring cushion which can be used in trainers.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

Lawrence eventually accepted the patenting of scientific inventions as a necessary evil.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik