Federal Circuit: Term Adjustment By Office Supported By Statute

Mealey's (September 20, 2019, 12:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A patent applicant’s initial response to a final action by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that continued to challenge the merits of an examiner’s rejection of various patent claims qualifies as applicant delay, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 18 (Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, No. 18-1849, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 27986)....