SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Share On Monday, the justices ruled 5-4 that the “unreviewable authority” of administrative patent judges meant those APJs were appointed in violation of the Constitution’s appointments clause. Patent and Trademark Office now has the discretion to review those APJ decisions. Both rulings occurred in United States v.

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Patently O

JUNE 17, 2024

In its decision below, the Federal Circuit held that the USPTO is exempt from these requirements because the types of rules it is authorized to issue under Section 2(b)(2) are procedural in nature, and the APA excuses “rules of agency … procedure” from the requirements. The Federal Circuit agreed that 35 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Patent Term Extension (“PTE”) decisions under 35 U.S.C. § The answer he was looking for was simply “Grant” (and not a numerical figure), although the full correct answer would be Ulysses S. The point here for our purposes, however, is that “Grant” includes both Ulysses S.

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