[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 19459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07190]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO-P-2020-0021]
Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No.
7,534,790; Vernakalant Hydrochloride
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of interim patent term extension.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an
order granting interim extension for a one-year interim extension of
the term of U.S. Patent No. 7,534,790.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ali Salimi by telephone at (571) 272-
0909; by mail marked to his attention and addressed to the Commissioner
for Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450; by fax marked to his attention at (571) 273-0909; or by
email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 156 of Title 35, United States Code,
generally provides that the term of a patent may be extended for a
period of up to five years if the patent claims a product, or a method
of making or using a product, that has been subject to certain defined
regulatory review, and that the patent may be extended for interim
periods of up to one year if the regulatory review is anticipated to
extend beyond the expiration date of the patent.
On February 5, 2020, Correvio International S[agrave]rl, the patent
owner of record, timely filed an application under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)
for a second interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No.
7,534,790. The patent claims the human drug product, vernakalant
hydrochloride. The application for patent term extension indicates that
New Drug Application (NDA) 22-034 was submitted to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) on December 19, 2006.
Review of the patent term extension application indicates that,
except for permission to market or use the product commercially, the
subject patent would be eligible for an extension of the patent term
under 35 U.S.C. 156, and that the patent should be extended for one
year as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). Because the regulatory
review period will continue beyond the once-extended expiration date of
the patent, March 31, 2020, interim extension of the patent term under
35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is appropriate.
An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) of the term of U.S.
Patent No. 7,534,790 is granted for a period of one year from the
extended expiration date of the patent.
Robert Bahr,
Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy,United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2020-07190 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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