Legal Opinion
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Dudas
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 18, 2007No. Civ. 06-1640 (TFH)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
THOMAS F. HOGAN, Chief Judge.
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (“Takeda”) challenges the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences’ (“Board”) reexamination rejection of Takeda’s patent covering a process to make certain cephem compounds. Pending before the Court are the parties’ motions for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant Takeda’s motion and, accordingly, deny the PTO’s motion.
BACKGROUND
In 1974, Takeda filed a patent application in Japan covering, among other things, a new…
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