Supreme Court gets tough on USPTO in Kappos v Hyatt
09 January 2012
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Patrick Ross, Washington DC
The USPTO today faced aggressive questioning from Supreme Court justices regarding the agency’s request to overturn a Federal Circuit en banc ruling it says will encourage patent applicants to withhold evidence in examination
During oral arguments in Kappos v Hyatt, US Justice Department assistant to the solicitor general Ginger Anders said litigants in a section 145 appeal shouldn't be allowed to introduce in court evidence not in the initial application or appeal to...
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