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Archive: 12 Jul 2009
U.S. patent term for PCT U.S. national stage applications.
US patent term depends upon several factors. One factor is when the application is filed in the USPTO. Unconfirmed reports today indicate that the USPTO agreed, in court, yesterday, that the USPTO has been systematically providing a patent term that is shorter than the patent term mandated by statute, in certain PCT U.S. national stage applications. Specifically, the […]
US patent term depends upon several factors. One factor is when the application is filed in the USPTO. Unconfirmed reports today indicate that the USPTO agreed, in court, yesterday, that the USPTO has been systematically providing a patent term that is shorter than the patent term mandated by statute, in certain PCT U.S. national stage applications. Specifically, the […]