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Introduction The Federal Circuit recently issued a significant ruling in Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., clarifying how patent term extensions (PTEs) apply to reissued patents under the Hatch-Waxman Act. The court upheld the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO) decision to calculate the PTE for a reissued patent based on…