JD Supra28d
Maximizing Patent Term in the United States: Patent Term Adjustment, Patent Term Extension, and the Evolving Law of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting
[11] PTE is available for a patent which: claims a product, a method of using a product, or a method of manufacturing a product; has not been previously extended; has issued prior to regulatory ...
JD Supra5d
Two Bills Introduced to Target “Patent Thickets” and “Product Hopping”
A “patent thicket” refers to the practice of covering a product with an overlapping set of patent rights, forcing those seeking to commercialize that product to obtain multiple licenses or ...
IPWatchdog29d
Patent System in Crisis: Backlogs, Examiner Layoffs and Judicial Overreach
The U.S. patent system feels to me an awful lot like the Titanic right now, and it feels like we’re fast approaching an iceberg with disaster imminent. The Trump Administration is making major ...
Reuters27d
New version of Merck's Keytruda faces possible patent battle, WSJ reports
March 5 (Reuters) - Merck's (MRK.N), opens new tab injected version of its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda could face a potential patent challenge ... struggle to meet product review deadlines ...
pharmaphorum3d
FDA approves Herceptin biosimilar as US patent expires
The FDA has approved Amgen and Allergan’s biosimilar of Roche’s Herceptin, just in time for the breast cancer blockbuster’s patent expiry. Herceptin’s main US patent expires this month ...