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Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Patent Term Adjustment

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In 1999, Congress created a system of patent term adjustment (PTA) that adds additional time to patent terms to remedy certain delays caused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in issuing a patent....more

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Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Obviousness-Type Double Patenting

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35 U.S.C. § 101 precludes a patentee from obtaining more than one patent on the same invention. Courts have extended this prohibition “to preclude a second patent on an invention which ‘would have been obvious from the...more

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Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Information Disclosure: Avoiding Common Pitfalls

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An essential part of U.S. patent prosecution is the duty of disclosure, which requires the disclosure of all known information that is material to patentability. 37 C.F.R. § 1.56....more

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