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USPTO Watch
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FDA Sets MONOFERRIC's Regulatory Review Period for Patent Term Extension
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What It Means When the PTAB Calls a Decision "Informative"
In August 2026 the USPTO designated a Markush-claim appeal decision as informative after a stakeholder nominated it. Informative decisions...
Practice Watch
Official enforcement against fraudulent and unauthorized patent services.
How to Spot a Fake Patent Lawyer Before You Pay One
Only registered patent attorneys and agents, and people the USPTO has granted limited recognition, can represent you before the USPTO in a...
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Federal Circuit Affirms Section 101 Dismissal of Piranha's Digital Ad Patents Against Hulu
In a nonprecedential October 14 opinion, the court affirmed a Central District of California dismissal holding that representative claim 1...
ITC Institutes Vicor's Vertical Power Delivery Investigation Against 20 Respondents
An October 14 Federal Register notice institutes Investigation No. 337-TA-1526 on Vicor Corporation's complaint asserting U.S. Patent No...
Federal Circuit Dismisses Sarepta's IPR Appeal Against Penn and REGENXBIO by Agreement
A nonprecedential October 8 order dismissed Sarepta Therapeutics' appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in IPR2024-00580 under...
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