Foley Partner and vice-chair of the Chemical & Pharmaceutical Practice Courtenay Brinckerhoff was quoted in an article titled “Patent community stunned by CAFC ruling” in the March 23, 2009 issue of Managing Intellectual Property. Brinckerhoff provides insight into the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decision to reverse a lower court’s finding that the USPTO does not have the authority to issue its final rules package on patent claims and continuations, adding that the ruling leaves a number of questions unanswered.
