Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Rea’s Empirical Analysis
2013
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1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 35 U.S.C. § 111 · 35 U.S.C. § 132 · 35 U.S.C. § 154 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services · Star Fruits Snc v. United States · Holly Hill Farm Corporation v. United States
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“(C) Reduction of period of adjustment.— (i) The period of adjustment of the term of a patent under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by a period equal to the period of time during which the applicant failed to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude prosecution of the application. (ii) With respect to adjustments to patent term made under the authority of paragraph (1)(B), an applicant shall be deemed to have failed to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude processing or examination of an application for the cumulative total of any periods of time in excess of 3 months that are taken to respond to a notice from the Office making any rejection, objection, argument, or other request, measuring such 3-month period from the date the notice was given or mailed to the applicant, (in) The Director shall prescribe regulations establishing the circumstances that constitute a failure of an applicant to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude processing or examination of an application.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Circumstances that constitute a failure of the applicant to engage in reasonable efforts to conclude processing or examination of an application ... include the following circumstances [:] ... Submission of a supplemental reply or other paper, other than a supplemental reply or other paper expressly requested by the examiner, after a reply has been filed, in which case the period of adjustment set forth in § 1.703 shall be reduced by the number of days, if any, beginning on the day after the date the initial reply was filed and ending on the date that the supplemental reply or other such paper was filed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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