Public patent searchers who are afraid they will be left out of key U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decisions are taking their case to Capitol Hill. The searchers are upset that PTO officials are being asked to nominate members of two advisory committees that are supposed to function as a form of oversight for the PTO. They fear that an internal nomination process will undermine the effectiveness of the system and "contaminate the process."
April 14, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Public patent searchers, fearing they will be left out of key decisions if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director is permitted to screen applicants for panels charged with advising him on agency policy, are taking their case to Capitol Hill.
Representatives from the National Intellectual Property Researchers Association hope to meet with staffers from Sen. Orrin Hatch’s (R-Utah) and Rep. Howard Berman’s (D-Calif.) offices, NIPRA President James F. Cottone said April 6.
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