Assertion: patent | /r/CapableOf | cover drug
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text: Second, the Act allows the life of patents covering a drug to be extended by a portion of the time the drug is under regulatory review by the FDA, ensuring that regulatory review will not unduly consume patent life.
text: The Act also requires the drug innovator to give the FDA the numbers of patents it believes cover its drug; the FDA does not evaluate whether the patents cover the drug, but publicly lists them in the Orange Book, and these are the patents the life of which is extended if there are regulatory delays.
text: A drug manufacturer applies for a patent to protect their drug from being copied and sold by another company and losing profits.