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Patents Final Rules Patent Term Adjustment

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A practical guide to Canada’s new Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) system

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On January 1, 2025, Canada will implement a patent term adjustment (PTA) system to account for unreasonable delays by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) in issuing a patent. The final regulations were published...more

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Understanding the USPTO's Final Rule on Fee Adjustments for Patent Applications and Appeals

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a “final rule” to fee adjustments for patent applications and appeals, effective January 19, 2025. These changes represent some of the most significant changes to the...more

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USPTO Publishes Final Fees for 2025

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The USPTO has published its final rule setting patent fees that will take effect January 19, 2025. The final rule steps back from some of the new fee structures proposed in April 2024, but still could have a significant...more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - October 2024

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On October 2, the USPTO terminated proceedings in approximately 3,100 patent applications due to the fraudulent entry of S-signatures of registered practitioners by others. The final order noted that improper use of a...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

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

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

USPTO Releases Final Rules on PTA Calculations in view of Supernus

On June 16, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released final rules (the “Rules”) implementing changes to how Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is calculated in certain circumstances in view of Supernus Pharms.,...more

Bennett Jones LLP

United States Patent and Trademark Office Final Patent Term Adjustment Rules

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On January 9, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published its final rules implementing changes to patent term adjustment (PTA), in view of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

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

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

RCEs and the New USPTO Patent Term Adjustment Rules

On January 9, 2015, the Federal Register published final rules implementing changes to patent term adjustment (PTA) in view of Novartis v. Lee, which the Federal Circuit decided last January. The new rules affect patents...more

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