Legal Opinion
Nippon Shinyaku Co. v. Iancu
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 27, 2019No. Civil Action No. 10-1142PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Emmet G. Sullivan, United States District Judge
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 adjustment ("PTA") of 344 days, and the '997 patent in 2009 with a PTA of ninety-nine days. In 2010, the USPTO adopted new methods for calculating PTAs necessitated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's ("Federal Circuit") decision in Wyeth v. Kappos ,…
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