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- Title
Patent office backlog adds billions to national drug expenditure.
- Authors
Gaudry, Kate S; Cummings, Daniel E
- Abstract
The article discusses patent term adjustments in the U.S. For newly approved and blockbuster drugs. Topics discussed include how patent application is being processed, the prevalence of patent prosecution delays and its impact to patent terms, and the circumstances which could lead to the delays of patent term adjustments. It also discusses the patent application backlog at the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
- Subjects
UNITED States; PATENTS; DRUG patents; PATENT applications; UNITED States. Patent &; Trademark Office
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2014, Vol 32, Issue 5, p436
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt.2894