91.   Small inventors need ironclad patent protection so that they are not forced into a legal scrum with financial giants.

92.   So patent protection should be lower in poor countries than rich ones.

93.   Since it lost patent protection several years ago, sales of the drug slumped.

94.   Store shelves are also flooded by knockoffs, imitations that do not try to pass for the real thing but might violate patent protections.

95.   Tegretol is no longer under patent protection, and Ciba-Geigy is not pursuing FDA approval for its use with bipolar disorder.

96.   The change, while seemingly subtle, has enormous ramifications for patent attorneys and inventors and the strategies they pursue to maximize patent protection.

97.   The drug, though, is about to lose its patent protection and could soon be challenged by generic versions.

98.   The exchange will seek patent protection on its next round of offerings, he said.

99.   The FDA decision is unlikely to affect Glaxo sales of Zantac much, since it will lose patent protection anyway next month.

100.   The growing criticism comes just as the brand name companies are set to lose their patent protections on a record number of top-selling drugs.