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Tafas v. Dudas: USPTO’s Efforts to Limit Patent Applicant Rights Are Void
In an effort to attack its notorious backlog, the USPTO enacted a group of rule changes that placed limits on, among other things, the number of claims a patent applicant could include and the number of times an applicant could amend and continue his application. Traditionally, patent applicants could take…
Posted:
05/12/2008
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USPTO Rules Are Void For Being Contrary to Law, VA District Court Declares
Plaintiffs Smithkline Beecham Corporation d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, et al. (collectively, “GSK”) and Triantafyllos Tafas (“Tafas”) instituted this lawsuit pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (the “APA”) to permanently enjoin defendants Jon W. Dudas and the USPTO from enacting the “Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct…
Date of ruling:
04/01/2008
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