Patent lawyers and their clients can put away their wallets after running up attorney fees in district court when successfully challenging adverse decisions of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. That’s thanks to Chu, who argued the issue before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and won a 7-4 decision in applicants’ favor in July. NantKwest Inc. v. Iancu, 16-1794 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 31, 2017).
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