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The Medicines Company Prevails in Patent Term Extension Dispute

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Yesterday, Judge Claude M. Hilton, District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, handed The Medicines Company (MDCO) a victory in its long-standing dispute with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the timeliness vel non of its Patent Term Extension Request for its patent on the blockbuster drug Angiomax® (bivalirudin). In his opinion granting summary judgment to MDCO, it was clear that the judge was not happy with the Office's response to his earlier Order mandating reconsideration of its decision that the Request was not timely filed; judicial displeasure, if not pique, seems...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).