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Patent Term Adjustment Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (ODP) Inventions

Smart & Biggar

Navigating unity of invention and double patenting issues: practical strategies for patent protection in Canada

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Unity of invention and double patenting law and practice in Canada can create challenges for patent applicants. For example, applicants may not expect a unity of invention objection to be raised, requiring claims to be...more

Foley Hoag LLP

In Re Cellect: What’s The Issue and What to Expect

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What Congress has guaranteed, the courts have taken away - The Supreme Court is about to receive a Petition for Certiorari in a case that impacts how long a patent protects new inventions, we expect. Specifically, the case...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

In re Cellect (Fed. Cir. 2023)

The Federal Circuit decided a question left open during a recent spate of opinions involving the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting (ODP):  the effect patent term adjustment (PTA) can (or should)...more

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