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NOTICE REGARDING CLAIMS AND CONTINUATIONS RULES
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a final rule
notice in the Federal Register to revise the rules of practice in patent
cases relating to continuing applications and requests for continued
examination practices, and for the examination of claims in patent
applications. See Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings,
Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination
of Claims in Patent Applications, 72 Fed. Reg. 46716 (Aug. 21, 2007) (Claims
and Continuations Final Rule). The final rule notice published in the Federal
Register indicates that the effective date for the changes to the rules of
practice in the Claims and Continuations Final Rule is November 1, 2007.

On October 31, 2007, the United States District Court for the Eastern
District Court of Virginia, however, issued a Preliminary Injunction
enjoining the USPTO from implementing the changes in the Claims and
Continuations Final Rule. Therefore, the changes to the rules of practice in
the Claims and Continuations Final Rule will not go into effect on November
1, 2007.

USPTO employees are to continue processing and examining patent applications
under the rules and procedures in effect on October 31, 2007, until further
notice.

This Web site will be updated and USPTO employees will be notified with
further information as it becomes available.

Inquiries regarding this notice should be directed to the appropriate TC
representative.


http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/GSK_20PI_20Order.pdf
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恩...不太清楚發preliminary injunction的原因

不知道有沒有人可以提供一下

總而言之是個好消息...

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