USPTO Revises Patent Term Adjustment Rules Following Federal Circuit Decision in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu

Summary

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is updating its rules to reflect the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu, which established that patent term adjustments must be reduced by the time an applicant fails to make reasonable efforts to complete patent application prosecution.