Patent Terms, Adjustments, and Extensions
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Number of Pages: 93 pgs
Sections: 2701 – 2766
Brief Summary:
This chapter discusses the intricacies involved with patent terms including how a term may be adjusted or extended.
Key Terms:
| Patent Term Extension | Patent Term | Period of Adjustment |
| Third Party | Duty of Disclosure |
37 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations):
| 37 CFR 1.701 | Extension of patent term due to examination delay under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (original applications, other than designs, filed on or after June 8, 1995, and before May 29, 2000). |
| 37 CFR 1.702 | Grounds for adjustment of patent term due to examination delay under the Patent Term Guarantee Act of 1999 (original applications, other than designs, on or after May 29, 2000). |
35 USC (United States Code):
| 35 USC 154 | Contents and term of patent; provisional rights. |
| 35 USC 156 | Extension of patent term. |