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SawStop Holding LLC v. Vidal (Fed. Cir. 2022)

Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, finding that the USPTO did not...more

USPTO Issues Final Rule to Revise PTA Rules in View of Supernus v. Iancu

Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a final rule in the Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 36335), in which the Office set forth revisions to the rules of practice concerning Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) in...more

Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. v. Iancu (Fed. Cir. 2020)

This week, in Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark...more

USPTO Proposes Revisions to PTA Rules in View of Supernus v. Iancu

On Friday, October 4, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (84 Fed. Reg. 53090), in which the Office proposes certain revisions to the rules of practice...more

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. v. Iancu (Fed. Cir. 2019)

Last week, in Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia affirming a determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...more

USPTO Issues Notice on Impact of Federal Circuit's Supernus Decision on PTA Procedures

In January, the Federal Circuit determined in Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had erred in calculating the Patent Term Adjustment for Supernus' U.S. Patent No. 8,747,897.  In...more

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu (Fed. Cir. 2019)

Last week, in Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit reversed the entry of summary judgment by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which concluded that the U.S. Patent and Trademark...more

USPTO Establishes Interim Procedure for Reconsideration of PTA Determinations Based on Submission of IDS Safe Harbor Statements

In a Notification published in the Federal Register earlier this month (83 Fed. Reg. 55102), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the implementation of an interim procedure for patentees to request recalculation of...more

Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. v. Matal (Fed. Cir. 2018)

Last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to the USPTO's determination of...more

Top Stories of 2016: #16 to #20

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its tenth annual list of top patent stories. For 2016, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more

USPTO Extends Missing Parts Pilot Program for Another Year

In a notice published in the Federal Register last week (81 Fed. Reg. 93669), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program that was implemented on January 8, 2010 would be...more

Pfizer, Inc. v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2016)

Last month, in Pfizer, Inc. v. Lee, the Federal Circuit determined that the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on the...more

Top Stories of 2015: #6 to #10

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its ninth annual list of top patent stories. For 2015, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more

Daiichi Sankyo Co. v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2015)

Earlier this month, in Daiichi Sankyo Co. v. Lee, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision by the District Court for the District of Columbia granting summary judgment to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...more

Mohsenzadeh v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2015)

Last month, in Mohsenzadeh v. Lee, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granting summary judgment to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that...more

USPTO Issues Final Rule in View of Novartis v. Lee

Earlier this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a final rule in the Federal Register (80 Fed. Reg. 1346) to revise the rules of practice to implement the Federal Circuit's decision in Novartis AG v. Lee. ...more

Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2015) - Filing of IDS after Response to Restriction Requirement Constitutes Failure to...

Last week, in Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Lee, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granting summary judgment to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark...more

Top Stories of 2014: #14 to #11

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its eighth annual list of top patent stories. For 2014, we identified eighteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we...more

USPTO Issues Final Rule to Implement PTA Provisions of AIA Technical Corrections Act and Provide Optional Procedure for Requesting...

On May 15, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a Federal Register notice (79 Fed. Reg. 27755) to adopt as final changes to the rules of practice implementing the patent term adjustment (PTA) provisions of section...more

Novartis AG v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2014)

In an opinion issued earlier today, the Federal Circuit affirmed a determination by the District Court for the District of Columbia that challenges of patent term adjustment (PTA) determinations by the U.S. Patent and...more

USPTO Files Reply Brief in Exelixis v. Rea

At the end of June, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed its reply brief with the Federal Circuit in Exelixis, Inc. v. Rea. The appeal involves two decisions by the Eastern District of Virginia involving the impact of...more

USPTO Issues Rules to Implement AIA Technical Corrections

In the past week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published two Federal Register notices to implement technical corrections to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. On Monday, the Office issued an interim final rule...more

USPTO Extends Missing Parts Pilot Program Again

In a Federal Register notice published earlier today (78 Fed. Reg. 2256), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program that was implemented two years ago would be extended for...more

Top Stories of 2012: #8 to #11

Reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its sixth annual list of top biotech/pharma patent stories. For 2012, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that...more

Novartis AG v. Kappos (D.D.C. 2012)

In an opinion issued earlier this month, Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia determined that Novartis AG and Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. had not satisfied the 180-day...more

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