“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...

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Years before semaglutide became a blockbuster drug for Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharma giant had the chance to maintain its patent in Canada but didn’t pay a small fee to do so, according to a recent ...

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In-house lawyers explain how outside counsel help them decide which patents to abandon in the face of possible renewal fee hikes In April this year, the USPTO issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ...