Baseball bats, chocolate chip cookies, and warp drives: the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Myriad Genetics *

USA - April 16 2013
On Monday, April 15, 2013, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Association of Molecular Pathology vs. Myriad Genetics. As has been…

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USPTO receives huge increase in patent application filings prior to AIA FITF March 16, 2013 *

USA - March 22 2013
On March 16, 2013, the first-inventor-to-file provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) went into effect. The USPTO and many patent professionals…

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USPTO final rule changes need for statement about transition applications *

USA - February 22 2013
On February 14, the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) announced its final rules implementing the first-inventor-to-file (FITF) provisions of…

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The games PTO plays: Exelexis and patent term adjustment *

USA - February 2 2013
Younger patent attorneys and many clients are not aware that the period during which a patent remains in force (the patent term) was at one time 17…

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Alert: America Invents Act provisions effective September 16, 2012 *

USA - September 7 2012
On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act (AIA) into law.

Co-authors: Gerald E. Helget, Michael M. Lafeber, John B. Lunseth.

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