U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms : Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition.

Patents.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines recent Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) efforts to reform patent system, by making significant changes to the patent acquisition process. Describes current patent system and role of patents in innovation policy; and explains context, details, and legal challenges to new PTO regulations to limit number of "continued applications" that can be filed, and to limit number of "claims" that can be filed in a particular patent application. Covers pro-con arguments for new rules, additional proposed information disclosure statement practice reforms, and considers Congressional issues and alternatives.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms

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