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Zoe Lofgren: “All right. So that is an accommodation that we have done, given that legislation is sausage making, to move this whole…”

On the recordAugust 3, 1999
All right. So that is an accommodation that we have done, given that legislation is sausage making, to move this whole process forward. On title IV there is a provision permitting applicants to request the issuance of a patent as soon as one claim was allowed with the remaining claims to be added later, and that was deleted. I am concerned that this would change the bill as passed by the Committee on the Judiciary, but there may be some good reason that I am not aware of for the change that is proposed. Can the gentleman convince me as to why this should be supported?
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California
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Discussing changes to patent legislation during a House floor debate.

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