Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions
The patent term extension provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) and the patent term adjustment provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) each provide for the possibility of patent term extension or adjustment if the issuance of the patent was delayed due to review by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) or by a Federal court and the patent was issued pursuant to or under a decision in the review reversing an adverse determination of patentability. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is revising the rules of practice in patent cases to indicate that under certain circumstances a panel remand by the BPAI shall be considered a decision in the review reversing an adverse determination of patentability for purposes of patent term extension or patent term adjustment. The Office is also adopting other miscellaneous changes to the patent term adjustment provisions of the rules of practice.
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- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/04/22/04-9144/revision-of-patent-term-extension-and-patent-term-adjustment-provisions (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 2004-04-22
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- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Related to Decisions by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure Statements
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure Statements
- Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute
- Changes To Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute
- Changes To Implement Patent Term Adjustment Under Twenty-Year Patent Term
- Changes To Implement 20-Year Patent Term and Provisional Applications
- Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
- Rules To Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
- Changes to Implement Patent Term Adjustment Under Twenty-Year Patent Term
- Changes to Patent Term Adjustment in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Novartis v. Lee
- Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals
- Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications
- Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice