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MERCK & CO., INC. v. KESSLER

Civ. A. Nos. 95-1005-A, 95-1052-A, 95-1103-A and 95-1236-A.

903 F.Supp. 964 (1995)

MERCK & CO., INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. David A. KESSLER, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, et al., Defendants. SCHERING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. David A. KESSLER, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, et al., Defendants. BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bruce A. LEHMAN, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Defendant. HOFFMANN-La ROCHE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bruce A. LEHMAN, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

October 16, 1995.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRYAN, District Judge.

Effective June 8, 1995, as a result of the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), the terms of patents formerly seventeen years from the date the patent issued, was changed as follows:

Subject to the payment of fees under this title, such grant shall be for a term beginning on the date on which the patent issues and ending 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent...

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