Patent Term Extension

The Federal Federal Register Volume 78, Number 163, Thursday, August 22, 2013,Page 52166, contains a comment request:

to extend the term of protection under a patent to compensate for delay during regulatory review and approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or Department of Agriculture. Only patents for drug products, medical devices, food additives, or color additives are potentially eligible for extension. The maximum length that a patent may be extended under 35 U.S.C. 156 is five years.

The complete notice can be found at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-08-22/pdf/2013-20466.pdf