<div dir="ltr">I thought the rule of thumb for keeping records was life of the patent plus 7 years,<br><div>because a patent infringement action may be brought up to 6 years after the patent expires</div><div>(so I guess you could calendar the exact date 6 years later). I suppose someone</div><div>might discover infringement even after that and bring suit but it seems very unlikely.</div><div>Google says fraud or concealment of infringement does not extend the statute of limitations....??</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 4:38\u202fAM David Boundy via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What are you doing with paper files for patents that issued years ago and for which no continuation is pending? Do we have any duty to keep those old paper files, if there's an IFW available? For pre-AIA cases, the pre-filing correspondence is valuable to show diligence in constructive reduction to practice. So I will keep that in any event. But what about the rest? Can I send it to the recycle?<br><div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span><span><span><span><span><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(102,127,160);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif,Arial;font-size:12px"><a border="0" href="https://www.iam-media.com/strategy300/individuals/david-boundy" style="color:rgb(102,127,160);text-decoration:none;outline:none medium;background:none 0px 0px repeat scroll transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="73" height="92"> <br></a></p></span></span></span></span></span><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(50,49,48);font-weight:normal;text-align:start;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px">
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