As I read the manager's amendment, there is the opportunity for a small business to opt, if they have had two office actions, to either opt out of the patent system or to delay publication for 3 months, but they still have the publication mandate after 18 months, from the way I read the manager's amendment, and I ran that by the inventors.
Discussing provisions in a manager's amendment related to small business patent options.
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I think competition works well when it is driving innovation, and obviously also can work well to control costs.
I think what today's hearing and what this situation and NATO's eastern flank highlights is the fact that we don't have a tremendous amount of time to wait around for the next great Army to show up in 10 to 15 to 20 years.
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You cannot throw money at the problem, and we do not need to be investing government dollars where the private sector is going to invest its own dollars.
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