What is double patenting?

Double patenting is a judicial doctrine that prevents the unjustified extension of patent exclusivity beyond the term of a patent. There are two types of double patenting rejections: Statutory double patenting under 35 U.S.C. 101, which prohibits claiming the same invention twice Nonstatutory double patenting, which is based on a judicially created doctrine to prevent…

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What rights does a plant patent grant?

A plant patent grants the holder specific rights as outlined in 35 U.S.C. 163: “In the case of a plant patent, the grant shall include the right to exclude others from asexually reproducing the plant, and from using, offering for sale, or selling the plant so reproduced, or any of its parts, throughout the United…

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