Legal Opinion
Pfizer, Inc. v. Lee
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 22, 2016No. 2015-1265PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed Circuit Judge O’MALLEY. Dissenting opinion filed Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Pfizer, Inc. and Wyeth Holdings Corporation appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) on the issue of whether the PTO properly calculated the length of a patent term adjustment (“PTA”) for U.S. Patent No. 8,153,768 (the “'768 patent”).1 For the reasons below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
Background
A. Statutory Framework for Patent Term Adjustment
A patent has a term of…
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