USPTO upholds Star Scientific’s patents

March 14, 2011

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office confirmed the validity of two of Star Scientific’s patents for a tobacco-curing process that are the focus of a Federal Circuit case involving R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Banner & Witcoff serves as Star Scientific’s patent counsel.

Please click here to read IP Law360’s article on this case.

Posted: March 14, 2011

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