It does. Under this provision, if you receive your second and usually final rejection and you say, okay, I'm going to take my, within 90 days, I'm going to discard my patent, that wrapper is not available to anyone. It remains a secret and you're allowed to keep your trade secrets.
Darrell Issa: “It does. Under this provision, if you receive your second and usually final rejection and you say, okay, I'm going to…”
On the recordSeptember 7, 2007
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Discussing patent rejection and trade secret protections.
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