Innovation & intellectual property · 31/03/2000

Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment Under Twenty-Year Patent Term

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing changes to the rules of practice in patent cases to implement certain provisions of section 4402 of the "American Inventors Protection Act of 1999." These provisions of the "American Inventors Protection Act of 1999" provide patent term adjustment to compensate patentees for certain delays in the application examination process.