Opinion ID: 2814134
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Heading: review of patent term adjustments

Text: A patentee who is dissatisfied with the number of days restored to the term of the patent has a statutory right to both administrative and judicial review. Regarding administrative review, the statute requires the Director of the PTO to provide a patentee one opportunity to request reconsideration of any patent term adjustment determination made by the agency. 35 U.S.C. § 154(b)(3)(B)(ii). The statute instructs the Director to prescribe regulations that create the procedures for challenging the determination at the agency. See id. § 154(b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B). The PTO promulgated 37 C.F.R. § 1.705, which imposes a deadline for requesting that the agency reconsider the patent term adjustment determination, stating that “any request for reconsideration of the patent term adjustment indicated in the patent must be filed within two months of the date the patent issued.” 37