WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Patent and Trademark Office has issued a proposed rule called: Terminal Disclaimer Practice To Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 10 by Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Summary: The USPTO proposes to amend the rules of practice to add a new requirement for an acceptable terminal disclaimer that is filed to obviate (that is, overcome) nonstatutory double patenting. The proposed rule change would require terminal disclaimers filed to obviate nonstatutory double patenting to include an agreement by the disclaimant that the patent in which the terminal ...