This is a review of the book, Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Patents: A Handbook (Hart Beck Nomos 2026), by Marco Stief, Maximilian Haedicke and Annelie Wünsche. It's not obvious until you move past the cover, but the book focuses on German patent law. It draws on the relevant principles laid down in the German Patent Act (Patentgesetz - PatG) and the European Patent Convention (EPC