Patentee Entitled To Longer Patent Term, Federal Circuit Rules

Mealey's (January 24, 2019, 9:14 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 23 agreed with a patent owner and its licensee that a Virginia federal judge erred in upholding a calculation by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) of a patent term adjustment of 1,386 days (Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, No. 17-1357, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 2081)....