> I had the same question as Sara on the extensions.
>
> There also were no publications in the Federal Register from the FDA with
> titles like "Determination of Regulatory Review Period for NNNNNN" from
> late May 1999 until several appeared beginning in January 2000. These
> disclose the days a company is asking for the patent to be extended.
>
> The USPTO web site had a list of expired patents (for non-payment of fees)
> which has vanished in the last month and been replaced by Please call for
> information. Somehow I never need the information in business hours. I
> would have thought that a disclaimer to the effect of verify this
> information with the PTO or your favorite Patent Atty would have covered
> it.
>
> I hear the Patent Commisioner will speak at the Aug ACS meeting. These
> would be good questions for him.
>
> anne
> Anne E. Backman
> Senior Research Information Scientist
> AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
> 1800 Concord Pike
> Wilmington DE 19850-5437
>
> anne.backman@astrazeneca.com
> Phone: 302-886-8211 fax: 302-886-5369
>
> ----------
> From: Sara_K_Davis@sbphrd.com[SMTP:Sara_K_Davis@sbphrd.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 11:30 AM
> To: piug-l@derwent.tecc.co.uk
> Subject: Information on US Patent Term Extensions
>
> As far as I can determine, no listings of term extensions of US patents
> have
> been provided by the USPTO for some time. The last notice of these in the
> US
> Official Gazette was almost a year ago. The listing of extended patents
> on the
> USPTO web site was last updated in August, 1999.
>
> How is information about patent term extensions being provided to the
> public?
> Must we rely only on certificates of correction, which are far from ideal
> vehicles for disseminating this type of information?
>
> Does anyone know anything about this? Considering that the latest
> legislation
> is likely to result in even more term extensions, it would seem that this
> kind
> of information needs to be more readily available, not less.
>
> Sara Davis, SmithKline Beecham -US
>
>
>
>
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