<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The proposed rule certainly will "provide greater certainty to competitors and to the public.\u201d Now Big Tech and China, for example, can be increasingly certain that US patents won\u2019t be a problem. As promised, this will reduce costs \u2014 for infringers. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The quote beginning with \u201cOur mission at the USPTO is to drive U.S. innovation...\u201d accidentally left out four important words: \u201cout of the country.\u201d</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Why does every move of the USPTO these days seem designed to weaken our nation\u2019s economy? What is behind this trajectory?<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 9, 2024, at 1:21 PM, Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" class="">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">This is so freaking ridiculous.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">It\u2019s an attempt to limit continuations and prevent/reduce patents\u2026 basically what Dudas tried to do with continuation practice\u2026<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssundby/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class="">Suzannah K. 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Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Proposed changes to terminal disclaimer practice to promote innovation and competition<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 698px; background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 1pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: white;" class="">The USPTO has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to add a new requirement for terminal disclaimers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in; 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border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in 15pt 15pt;" class=""><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Proposed changes to terminal disclaimer practice to promote innovation and competition<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h2><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to add a new requirement for terminal disclaimers filed to obviate (overcome) nonstatutory double patenting. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Under U.S. law, an inventor, patent owner or joint researchers may obtain more than one patent with claims that vary in only minor (patentably indistinct) ways from each other. The USPTO will reject such claims under \u201cobviousness-type double patenting\u201d (also known as \u201cnonstatutory double patenting\u201d) and will allow claims to issue only as long as the practice of obtaining similar claims across patents isn\u2019t used to extend the patent exclusivity term or allow multiple parties to harass an alleged infringer. Both conditions aim to strike a balance between incentivizing innovation in the first instance while providing more certainty to competitors and the public. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The proposed rule responds to public feedback and proposes to add a third condition that would further promote innovation and competition by reducing the cost of separately challenging each patent in a group of multiple patents directed to indistinct variations of a single invention. Under the proposed rule, to overcome double patenting the patentee would need to agree that the patent with the terminal disclaimer will be enforceable only if the patent is not tied and has never been tied through one or more terminal disclaimers to a patent in which any claim has been finally held unpatentable or invalid over prior art. In addition to reducing costs, the proposed rule is expected to streamline and expedite patent disputes, narrow validity issues, and provide greater certainty to competitors and to the public. The proposed rule is prospective in nature and would apply to terminal disclaimers filed on or after the effective date of any final rule. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The USPTO recognizes that, as with any proposed rule change, patentees will need to consider and potentially adapt their practices. While the USPTO moves forward with rulemaking, the Office is considering ways the Office can support stakeholders. Comments on the proposed rule, as well as comments on USPTO practice as related to the proposed rule, are welcome. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">\u201cOur mission at the USPTO is to drive U.S. innovation and global competitiveness for the benefit of all Americans,\u201d said Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the USPTO Kathi Vidal. \u201cThis proposed rule is part of a holistic, thoughtful and balanced approach to bolstering our strong intellectual property system. 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