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Law Practice

Aug. 11, 2009

U.S. Patent Office Seeks Fix for Timing Problem

The word on the street: The PTO is tweaking its software to fix a problem with patent timing.

By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The word on the street: The PTO is tweaking its software to fix a problem with patent timing.

Japan Tobacco Inc., thinking that it might have gotten short-changed in its patent terms, called on Jack Brennan, a partner in Fish & Richardson's New York office, to take a look at procedures being used at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

"We investigated and I advised the PTO that its methodol...

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