Johnson & Johnson Announces Further Patent and Trademark Office Action Related to REMICADE®

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Apr 29, 2015, 04:34 ET

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced receipt of a further action from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) regarding the reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,284,471 ('471) relating to REMICADE® (infliximab) in which the PTO maintained its rejection of the patent. Based on the receipt of today's action, the company's subsidiary, Janssen Biotech, Inc., will have until June 12 to file a notice of appeal to the PTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board and plans to do so.

Currently the '471 patent expires in September 2018. Patent '471 remains a valid and enforceable patent as it undergoes reexamination at the PTO. Janssen Biotech will continue to defend its intellectual property rights, and if necessary, will pursue all available appeals.

(This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections of Janssen Biotech, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, challenges to the coverage and/or validity of the company's patents. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2014, including in Exhibit 99 thereto, and the company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov, www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events or developments.)

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