Small Supplement Firms Among Most Affected By Proposed PTO Change
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Dietary supplement firms fall within the industry segment that, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, most frequently employs a patent application strategy the agency proposes to limit
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