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Three More Patentees File § 154(b)(4)(A) Actions against Director Dudas

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

By Donald Zuhn --Last month, Medarex, Inc., Eurand, Inc., and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. joined the growing list of patentees that have filed complaints against U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Jon Dudas alleging that the Patent Office miscalculated the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) for their patents. Medarex, Eurand, and Alexion became the eighth, ninth, and tenth patentees to file suit against Director Dudas seeking revised PTA determinations. As we reported last fall, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued an important decision that impacts the manner in which PTA determinations are made (see "Wyeth v. Dudas (D.D.C. 2008)")....

Full post as published by Patent Docs on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).