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New USPTO Fee-Setting Bill Introduced in House

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- In the face of strong opposition, the House of Representatives declined to bring a bill that would provide the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with fee-setting authority to the floor for a vote during today's legislative business session. While the text of the bill had not been made available as of Monday, reports indicated that the legislation would have transferred fee-setting authority from Congress to the USPTO, but without prohibiting fee diversion to other government agencies (see "House to Vote on Bill That Would Give USPTO Fee-Setting Authority"). However, in response to opposition from a number...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).