House Patent Reform Bill Hits Roadblock As Appropriations Cmte. Objects To PTO Fee Provision
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Stakeholders are furiously lobbying representatives to get them to retain a provision that would end PTO fee diversion to other government programs.
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