Innovation & intellectual property · 04/12/2003

USPTO Proposes Revision to Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Rules

The US Patent and Trademark Office is proposing changes to its rules to clarify when a remand by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences can be considered a decision reversing an adverse determination of patentability, affecting patent term extension and adjustment provisions under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999.