Amendment105th Congress
Amendment includes technical changes; delays the publication of patent applications from small business concerns or independent inventors until 3 months after a second notification on the merits is made by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO); retains the practice of charging small businesses and independent inventors a reduced application fee; separates operational and policy functions of the PTO and creates an Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Policy to develop patent and trademark policy; establishes an incentive program to train patent and trademark examiners; and strikes authority to accept gifts or donations of services.
- Amendment Number
- 23
- Description
- Amendment includes technical changes; delays the publication of patent applications from small business concerns or independent inventors until 3 months after a second notification on the merits is made by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO); retains the practice of charging small businesses and independent inventors a reduced application fee; separates operational and policy functions of the PTO and creates an Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Policy to develop patent and trademark policy; establishes an incentive program to train patent and trademark examiners; and strikes authority to accept gifts or donations of services.
- Purpose
- An amendment to make several technical changes to the bill, including the following: 1. Allow small businesses and independent inventors to forestall the publication of their patents until three months after the second inspection and approval; 2. continue the current practice of charging small businesses and independent inventors a reduced fee; require that inventors be included as members of the proposed Patent and Trademark Office Advisory Board; 3. eliminates provisions in the bill allowing the Patent Office to borrow money from priveate entities to fund operations; 4. Allows inventor and university patent applicants to respond to Patent examiner's inquiries without reducing the intervening time from their 17-year patent protection; 5. noarrow the limitation on multiple patent re-examination requests from a single inventor to a single proceeding. from a single inventor to a single proceeding.
- Congress
- 105
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Apr 17, 1997
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Coble amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 16:00:59
- Submitted Date
- Apr 17, 1997
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021