Prosecution Laches Case At High Court Gets Groups' Backing

By Theresa Schliep ( April 3, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT) -- Inventor groups and practitioner associations got behind a man's U.S. Supreme Court case challenging a doctrine that can nullify a patent if an owner delayed prosecution, with one brief saying Friday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office "created its own misery" when reviewing the man's claims....

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