Mayo Foundation v. Iancu, No. 18-2031 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 16, 2019)

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The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Re- search (“Mayo”) appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Mayo Found. v. Iancu, 309 F. Supp. 3d 425 (E.D. Va. 2018) (“Decision”), which affirmed the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (the “PTO’s”) calculation of patent term adjustment (“PTA”) for U.S. Patent 8,981,063 (the “’063 pa- tent”) under 35 U.S.C. § 154.