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Re: backstroke_ post# 201660

Sunday, 05/29/2016 4:39:56 PM

Sunday, May 29, 2016 4:39:56 PM

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GILD—Would that delay not open a window for a competitor to file some relevant IP?

Yes, in theory. GILD incurred a slight risk that someone could steal GILD’s trade secrets with respect to TAF and then preempt GILD’s patent filings. However (IIRC), the USPTO was still operating on a first-to-invent (rather than a first-to-file) standard at the time in question, so the parlay described above would have had a rather low probability of succeeding.

p.s. Are you either 'backstroke' or 'Mad_Scientist2' on Twitter?

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