Federal Circuit Grants Rehearing In Dispute Over Patent Office Fee Award

(September 1, 2017, 10:13 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an en banc, sua sponte order issued Aug. 31, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals announced that it will rehear a dispute over the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)’s entitlement to attorney fees upon a successful defense of a rejected patent application (NantKwest Inc. v. Joseph Matal, Acting Director U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, No. 16-1794, Fed. Cir.)....

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