U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms : Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition.
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | 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. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |