Exelixis, Inc. v. Lee, No. 13-1175 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 15, 2014)

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Exelixis, Inc. , filed suits in the Eastern District of Virginia that challenged the determination by the Patent and Trademark Office of how much time to add, under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b), to the otherwise- applicable term s of two patents: U.S. Patent Nos . 8,067,436 and 7,989,622. Exelixis, Inc. v. Kappos, 919 F. Supp. 2d 689 (E.D. Va. 2013) (the ’436 patent suit); Exelixis, Inc. v. Kappos, 906 F. Supp. 2d 474 (E.D. Va. 2012) (the ’622 patent suit ).