U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process : A Brief Explanation.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patents.

Trademarks.

Administrative law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

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text file

Summary:

Reviews recent and current Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) appropriations process, highlighting regulation of use of annual appropriations and use of patent and trademark processing fees to fund PTO operations. Summarizes relevant provisions of P.L. 112-29, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, also known as the America Invents Act, which makes various changes to current patent law and makes notable reforms to administrative patent challenge proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process

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