Patent Office Would Gain Ability To Set User Fees Under House Bill
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
While Congress tussles over a comprehensive patent reform bill, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., and Ranking Member Lamar Smith, R-Texas, introduced a stand-alone measure intended to give the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office a more consistent stream of funding to support application reviews
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