SAN FRANCISCO — The “death squad for patents” has granted clemency to a branded drugmaker in the first inter partes review decision under the Hatch-Waxman Act.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruled Tuesday that three patents held by Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. on a treatment for the skin condition rosacea are valid and not obvious.

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