PATENT-TERM ADJUSTMENT

patent-term adjustment.A compulsory extension of the time a utility or plant patent remains in force, following administrative delays in prosecuting the application. • A provision of the American Inventors’ Protection Act of 1999, the extension is available for new applications, continuation applications, and divisional applications filed since May 29, 2000. — Abbr. PTA. Cf. PATENT-TERM EXTENSION. [Cases: Patents  133. C.J.S. Patents §§ 234–235.]

[Blacks Law 8th]