[Patentpractice] Paper files

[Leigh T]

I thought the rule of thumb for keeping records was life of the patent plus
7 years,
because a patent infringement action may be brought up to 6 years after the
patent expires
(so I guess you could calendar the exact date 6 years later).  I suppose
someone
might discover infringement even after that and bring suit but it seems
very unlikely.
Google says fraud or concealment of infringement does not extend the
statute of limitations....??

On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 4:38 AM David Boundy via Patentpractice <
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> 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?
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