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P. 1Eisai R&D Management v. ReaEisai R&D Management v. ReaRatings: 0|Views: 165|Likes: 0Published by PriorSmartOfficial Complaint for Patent Infringement in Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-00548-LMB-TRJ: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd. v. Rea. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Hon. Leonie M. Brinkema presiding. See http://news.priorsmart.com/-l88w for more info.Official Complaint for Patent Infringement in Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-00548-LMB-TRJ: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd. v. Rea. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Hon. Leonie M. Brinkema presiding. See http://news.priorsmart.com/-l88w for more info.More info: categoriesBusiness/Law, Court FilingsPublished by: PriorSmart on May 02, 2013Copyright:Public DomainAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.Free download as PDF, TXT or read online for free from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee MoreSee lesshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/139155175/Eisai-R-D-Management-v-Rea10/09/2013pdftextoriginal FILED
THEEASTERNDISTRICT
OFVTOGINIA
EisaiR&DManagementCo.,Ltd.
6-10,Koishikawa4-chome,Bunkyo-ku
112-8088Japan
HON.TERESASTANEKREA,
theUnitedStatesPatentand
GeneralCounsel,
P.O.BOX15667,Arlington,
22215MadisonBuildingEast,Rm.10B20600DulanyStreet,Alexandria,VA223144
EXAMORIA.
5*fE>
Plaintiff,EisaiR&DManagementCo.,Ltd.("Eisai"),foritscomplaintagainstthe
HonorableTeresaStanekRea,states
1.Thisisanactionbytheassignee
UnitedStatesPatentNo.8,304,548
("the'548patent")seekingjudgment,pursuantto35U.S.C.§154(b)(4)(A),thatthepatenttermadjustmentforthe'548patentbechangedfrom582daysto1079days.Inthealternative,theassigneeseeksajudgmentthatthepatenttermadjustmentforthe'548patentbechangedfrom
582daysto740days.
arisesunder
35U.S.C.§154
AdministrativeProceduresAct,5U.S.C.§§701-706.
3.ThisCourthasjurisdictiontohearthisactionandisauthorizedtoissuethereliefsoughtpursuantto28U.S.C.
1338(a),and1361;35U.S.C.§154(b)(4)(A)and5U.S.C.
4.Venueisproperinthisdistrictbyvirtue
35U.S.C.§154(b)(4)(A).5.ThisComplaintistimelyfiledinaccordancewith35U.S.C.§154(b)(4)(A).
6.PlaintiffEisaiisacorporationorganizedunderthelaws
Japan,havinga
businessat6-10,Koishikawa4-chome,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo112-8088Japan.7.Defendant,theHonorableTeresaStanekRea("Director"),istheActingUnderSecretary
CommerceforIntellectualPropertyandActingDirector
theUnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice("PTO"),actinginherofficialcapacity.TheDirectoristhehead
theagency,chargedbystatutewithprovidingmanagementsupervisionforthePTOandforthe
issuanceofpatents.TheDirectoristheofficialresponsiblefordeterminingtheperiod
termadjustmentunder35U.S.C.§154.
8.U.S.patentapplicationnumber11/649,299wasfiledonJanuary4,2007,and
asthe'548patentonNovember6,
the'548patentaredirectedto
methodsforproducingacompound.The'548patentisattachedas
9.PlaintiffEisaiistheassignee
the'548patent.
10.Under35U.S.C.§154(b),theDirector
thePTOmustgrantapatentterm
adjustmentinaccordancewiththeprovisions
section154(b),whichstates,inpertinentpart,
that"[t]heDirectorshallproceedtograntthepatentaftercompletion
theDirector's
suchdetermination."35U.S.C.
§154(b)(3)(D).
11.Indeterminingpatenttermadjustment,theDirectorisrequiredtoextendtheterm
apatentforaperiodequaltothetotalnumberofdaysattributabletodelaybythePTOunder35
154(b)(1)(A),
(B),and(C),aslimitedbythefollowing:(i)anyoverlappingperiods
PTOdelayasspecifiedby35U.S.C.§154(b)(2)(A);(ii)anydisclaimerofpatenttermbytheapplicantunder35U.S.C.§154(b)(2)(B);and(iii)anydelayattributabletotheapplicantunder
35U.S.C.§154(b)(2)(C).
TheDirectordeterminedthatthe'548patentisentitledto582days
adjustmentpursuantto35
154(b)(3)
the'548patentreflectingthat
13.OnJanuary3,2013,inaccordancewith37C.F.R.§1.705(d),Plaintifffiledan
("Applicationfor
PTA")
theDirector'spatenttermadjustmentdetermination.TheApplicationforPTAis
154(b)(4)(A)
ineffectat
ofthe'548
patentprovides
that"[a]napplicantdissatisfiedwithadetermination
paragraph(3)shallhaveremedybyacivilactionagainsttheDirectorfiledintheUnitedStates
Virginiawithin