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Novartis Challenges USPTO's Interim Procedure for Requesting PTA Recalculations

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, Novartis AG and Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. filed a complaint against U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos, seeking review of the Office's patent term adjustment (PTA) determinations for eleven Novartis patents (see "Court Report," July 11, 2010). The eleven patents specified in the complaint are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,656,957, issued December 2, 2003; 6,878,721, issued April 12, 2005; 7,098,325, issued August 29, 2006; 7,112,673, issued September 26, 2006; 7,265,089, issued September 4, 2007; 7,348,353, issued March 25, 2008; 7,423,148, issued September 9, 2008; 7,470,709, issued December 30, 2008; 7,470,792, issued December...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).