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Patent Validity Patent Term Adjustment Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (ODP)

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Federal Circuit Weighs in Again on Obviousness-Type Double Patenting to Limit In re Cellect and Preserve PTA for First-Filed,...

Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP), a judicially-created ground of patent invalidity, has become the subject of intense interest after the Federal Circuit issued two decisions refining the application of the doctrine in...more

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Parent (Un)Trap: Most Parent Patents Cannot Be Invalidated By Their Children Because Of PTA

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Medical device companies are often well versed in prosecuting multiple patents within a single “family.”  Indeed, such families are often of significant value to early stage (and later stage) medical device companies. But a...more

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Allergan v. MSN Laboratories: Federal Circuit Places Limits on Obviousness-Type Double Patenting

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On August 13, 2024, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., No. 24-1061, which limits the scope of obviousness-type double patenting for patents in the same family. The...more

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