Latest Federal Court Cases: In re Forest
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/25
In re Forest, Appeal No. 2023-1178 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2025) In an appeal from a Patent Office decision denying a patent that would have been expired upon issuance, the Federal Circuit dismissed. Applicant Forest had filed a string of patent continuation applications, culminating with a continuation application filed more than 20 years after the original application in the chain, claiming priority to the original application. Since patents have a 20-year term that dates from the priority...
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