Responding to Nonstatutory Double Patenting Rejections: A Practitioner's Perspective

AuthorRussell S. Timm - JD Wooten
PositionRussell S. Timm, PhD, is a member of Womble Bond Dickinson's life sciences and pharmaceuticals team. He has extensive experience in obtaining patents covering therapeutic antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates for clients, but also works on a wide variety of other technologies. He can be reached at russell.timm@wbd-us.com. JD Wooten is a...
Pages56-60
Published in Landslide® magazine, Volume 11, Number 4, a publication of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL), ©2019 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved.
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Given the increasing scrutiny of courts and patent examin-
ers, nonstatutory double patenting rejections can be fraught
with both challenges and risks. Although almost all obvi-
ousness-type, nonstatutory double patenting rejections can
be based on both anticipation and obviousness rationales.1 Overcom-
ing the challenges and minimizing the risks in order to achieve the
best outcome for your client can be made easier by approaching a
response to such a rejection in ve sequential steps.
Responding to
Nonstatutory
Double Patenting
Rejections
A Practitioner’s
Perspective
By Russell S. Timm and JD Wooten

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