H.R.1733
Patent Application Publication Act of 1995
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05/25/1995 Introduced in House
02/05/1995 - Paul Heckel, President - Intellectual Property Creators
In December , Bill Budinger wrote an article for the Law Works. In it, he says "on behalf of the White House Conference on Small Business, [he] testified in support of HR 1733 and in opposition to HR 359...." The major issues involved are (a) should we rescind the change to a 20 year for filing patent term that went into effect with GATT as HR 359 would do. (he said "no"), and (b) should we publish patent applications 18 months after filing as HR 1733 would do (he said "yes"). The vast majority of people in the inventor community (and many in the legal community) art trying to stop these changes More...11/01/1995 - Dr. David L. Hill, President, Patent Enforcement Fund
The U.S. Patent System is the best in the world. By providing enforceable intellectual property rights to the inventor, it has provided, along with our abundant natural resources, the basis for the growth of the American economy. It is in the interest of all Americans to retain and to strengthen the U.S. Patent System in its ability to provide to independent inventors what Abraham Lincoln described as "adding the fuel of economic incentive to the fire of genius". More...11/01/1995 - Dr. Raymond Daidian
Much of the attack directed at the U.S. Patent that we are here today to defend against, arises from a lack of appreciation of just what the U.S. Patent has done for the American people and how directly it has caused the financial well-being of every person in this room and indeed every person in America. I begin from this premise because it is impossible for me to imagine that men and women of such noble intentions as inhabit this Congress could tolerate, even for a moment, such hostile attacks on this institution of the U.S. Patent if they genuinely understood what a crucial role it has played in generating most, if not all, of the wealth our people have had the privilege to enjoy. They would view it as the betrayal of a nation and its promoters as the betrayers. They would recognize without qualification that we should be laying our gratitude at the feet of the patent instead of seeking its destruction. More...10/31/1995 - Co-Sponsors
As Members of Congress representing areas of the country that are heavily involved in the development and manufacture of high technology, we would like to urge you to cosponsor H.R. 1733, legislation dealing with patent term extension and publication that is of great importance to our nation's critical high-tech industry. This bill and related legislation has been the subject of much debate this Congress, but we would like to make clear how important this issue is to our technological and economic competitiveness. The Uruguay Round Agreements Act passed last year to implement the international GATT trade agreement changed the term of a U.S. patent from 17 years measured from the date of grant of the patent, to 20 year measured from the date of filing the application for the patent. A change was required to prove a 20 year minimum term from filing in order to comply with GATT. This change took effect June 8th. More...10/10/1995 - David L. Hill
The current concerted effort to weaken the rights of the independent U.S. inventor by attacking those rights simultaneously from several directions may best be understood as an effort to weaken the United States as a viable economic unit. Some groups who have been manipulated into supporting this putsch may not understand the implications of their position. More...