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):

Administrative law.

Intellectual property.

Patents.

Trademarks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2013

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

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 11-RS-20906a in the 2011 issue

Notes:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-RSI-0250

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