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USPTO Issues Show-Cause Orders for Patent Applications That Would Result in Zero-Term Patents Following Federal Circuit Ruling
Following the April 3, 2025 Federal Circuit ruling in In re Forest, which clarified that provisional rights under 35 U.S.C. § 154(d) apply only when a patent issues with enforceable exclusionary rights, the USPTO has initiated a new procedural step. The Office is identifying pending patent applications that, if grante…
Thursday, June 4, 2026