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Extensions may be had for certain administrative delays. The patent term will additionally be adjusted to compensate for delays in the issuance of a patent. The reasons for extensions include: Delayed response to an application request for patent. Exceeding 3 years to consider a patent application. Delays due to a secrecy order or appeal.
The original patent term under the 1790 Patent Act was decided individually for each patent, but "not exceeding fourteen years". The 1836 Patent Act (5 Stat. 117, 119, 5) provided (in addition to the fourteen-year term) an extension "for the term of seven years from and after the expiration of the first term" in certain circumstances, when the inventor hasn't got "a reasonable remuneration for ...
Under 35 U.S.C. § 284, a patent owner is entitled to "damages adequate to compensate for the infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty." [8] Lost profits that result from infringement of their patent are also compensable. Reasonableness is determined by the standard practices of the particular industry most relevant to the ...
The Care Quality Commission has published its annual report on the overall state of health and social care in England.
Developmental delay is prevalent in approximately 1-3% of children under the age of 5 worldwide. [5] According to a systematic analysis done for a conducted study in 2016, there are approximately 52.9 million children worldwide under the age of 5 that are affected by some type of developmental delay or delayed milestone.
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Under Section 287(c) of the Patent Act, however, a claim of patent infringement cannot be maintained against a medical practitioner for performing a medical activity, or against a related health care entity with respect to such medical activity, unless the medical practitioner is working in a clinical diagnostic laboratory.
Ofcom research suggests almost 25% of five to seven-year-olds own a smartphone.