USPTO rules decision [US DC]

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USPTO rules decision [US DC]

April 1, 2008 06:55:00 pm

Triantafyllos Tafas v. Jon W. Dudas, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, April 1, 2008 [rejecting new US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rules that would have retroactively limited the number of claims that can be included in a patent application and the number of times a continuation application can be filed for a given invention]. Read the full text of the memorandum opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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