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United States Patent and Trademark Office Life Sciences Amgen

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.... more +
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.    less -
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PTAB Director Discretionarily Denies Opdivo® IPRs Based on Settled Expectations of Patent Owner

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On July 24, 2025, the PTO Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart discretionarily denied Amgen’s IPR2025-00601 and IPR2025-00602 challenging Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (“BMS”) U.S. Patent Nos. 9,856,320 (“the ’320 patent”) and...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Biosimilar Litigation Trends and Lessons Learned in 2019

It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act) was enacted. The first biosimilar product in U.S. history was approved and launched in 2015. Ten biosimilars...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Patent Office Issues New Guidance for Antibody Written Description Requirements

Since 1999, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“Patent Office”) has permitted the claiming of antibodies by disclosing the targeted antigen. In 2002, the Federal Circuit adopted Patent Office guidelines and...more

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