Amendment108th Congress
Amendment creates a "refund" program to eliminate the potential incentive for diverting Patent and Trade Office (PTO) revenue to non-PTO programs; applies a 50 percent discount to all searches for small entities; prohibits commercial searches that apply to classified matters; prevents commercial entities from performing searches when they have a financial interest or other conflict at stake; caps the search fee after the 6th year; and requires a joint PTO and Small Business Administration study regarding the effects of the fee structure on small entities.
- Amendment Number
- 466
- Description
- Amendment creates a "refund" program to eliminate the potential incentive for diverting Patent and Trade Office (PTO) revenue to non-PTO programs; applies a 50 percent discount to all searches for small entities; prohibits commercial searches that apply to classified matters; prevents commercial entities from performing searches when they have a financial interest or other conflict at stake; caps the search fee after the 6th year; and requires a joint PTO and Small Business Administration study regarding the effects of the fee structure on small entities.
- Purpose
- An amendment made in order by a previous order of the House of today.
- Congress
- 108
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Mar 3, 2004
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Sensenbrenner amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 17:30:57
- Submitted Date
- Mar 3, 2004
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Sep 29, 2021