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PTO Files Appeal On Patent Application Limits
Judiciary. The Patent and Trademark Office has filed a notice of appeal in a case involving a dispute over rules announced last fall aimed at increasing patent system efficiency. The PTO's regulations, which limit applicants to filing two new continuing applications and one request for continued examination, were challenged by drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and an independent inventor, Triantafyllos Tafas. U.S. District Judge James Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia ruled last month that the rules were an improper expansion of the PTO's statutory authority. The notice of appeal was filed Wednesday and the case will now come before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the panel that hears patent disputes from around the country.
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5/8/2008 PM Contents
- Farm Bill Conferees Detail Agreement Amid Veto Concerns
- With 11 GOP Defections, House Passes Foreclosure Bill
- Pelosi Bullish On Supplemental, Despite Caucus Concerns
- Panel Dems Call For Tougher FDA Scrutiny Of Drug Ads
- Senate Workload Growing As Memorial Day Recess Nears
- Stem Cell Experts Urge Lifting Ban On Research Efforts
- Panel Sinks Navy's $2.5B Request For DDG-1000 Destroyer
- Durbin Assails Energy Department On FutureGen Project
- Report Cites Mounting Threats Fueled By Online Extremists
- Committees Ponder Ways to Pay For Infrastructure Needs
HILL BRIEFS
- House Passes IP Enforcement Bill
- Contractors' Offshore Tax Havens Under More Scrutiny
- Miller Seeks Justice Probe Into Crandall Canyon Disaster
- PTO Files Appeal On Patent Application Limits
- Panel Delays Work On Copyright Law Overhaul
- Fossella Admits He's Fathered Child Outside Of His Marriage
