UPDATE: The stop-gap spending bill has been revised to remove the provision discussed herein. However, life sciences companies should nonetheless take note of efforts by congress to enact patent-related reforms such as this....more
Patent term extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. ยง 156 is a statutory program that restores to a patent at least a portion of the term that was effectively lost while the covered product was undergoing regulatory review and could...more