Choate’s Examining Patents Podcast  |  01.09.2025

An Update on Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (ODP)

In this episode of Choate’s Examining Patents podcast series, Kristen Buteau and Stephanie Schonewald discuss obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) rejections issued by the USPTO based on the claims of later-filed, later-expiring unrelated patents and review a recent ex parte appeal case that addresses such rejections.

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