Text of the Preliminary Injunction order from Judge Cacheris:
4) Defendants [USPTO & Director Jon Dudas] are preliminarily enjoined from implementing the Final Rules titled “Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Failings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications”;
5) Defendants are preliminary enjoined from issuing new regulations restricting the number of continuing applications, the number of requests for continued examination, and the number of claims that may be filed with the PTO;
6) This Order shall expire upon the entry of a final judgment in this matter, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
