Normal Double Patenting Rules Don’t Apply When the Patents Straddle the URAA

In Novaritis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc., [2017-2173, 2017-2175, 2017-2176, 2017-2178, 2017-2179, 2017-2180, 2017-2182, 2017-2183, 2017-2184] (December 7, 2018), the Federal Circuit reversed the district court, determining that the law of obviousness-type double patenting does not require a patent owner to … Continue reading Normal Double Patenting Rules Don’t Apply When the Patents Straddle the URAA