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Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights

Patently-O

Identify any specific sources of prior art not currently available through the Patents End-to-End Search system that you believe examiners should be searching. adopt a unity of invention requirement in place of the restriction requirement? 112 , and whether the claims do not cover the same invention as a related application?

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Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Promote Generic Drug and Biosimilar Competition

LexBlog IP

Identify any specific sources of prior art not currently available through the Patents End-to-End Search system that you believe examiners should be searching. How would eliminating terminal disclaimers, thus prohibiting patents that are obvious variations of each other, affect patent prosecution strategies and patent quality overall?