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The Impact of Prosecution Length on Invalidity Outcomes in Patent Litigation
This Article analyzes over 89,000 patents litigated over a twenty-year period to determine how the number of office actions ...
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Maximizing Patent Term in the United States: Patent Term Adjustment, Patent Term Extension, and the Evolving Law of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting
Under U.S. law, most patents are limited to a term of 20 years from the earliest nonprovisional filing date. However, Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) ...