Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. v. Kappos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) NIPPON SHINYAKU COMPANY, LIMITED, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) Civil Action No. 10-1142 ) ANDREI IANCU, 1 Under Secretary of ) Commerce for Intellectual Property ) and Director of the United States ) Patent and Trademark Office, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction Nippon Shinyaku Company, Limited (“Nippon”) owns United States Patent Nos. 7,205,302 and 7,494,997 (respectively, “ ‘302 patent” and “ ‘997 patent”). The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued the ‘302 patent in 2007 with a patent term…