Patent Claims: Valid in Court, but Invalid in the PTO

Patent Claims: Valid in Court, but Invalid in the PTO

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On September 4, 2008, in In re Swanson, et al. (Fed. Cir. Dkt. No. 2007-1534) the Federal Circuit refused to limit the grounds on which an interested third party could seek to invalidate a patent through re-examination. For more on this decision, see our recent Email Alert.

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