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On the recordSeptember 19, 2019
the standards that the PTAB are lower than the standards in the court, is we have tipped the scales in favor of those who have the deepest pockets instead of those who have the best ideas.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the imbalance in patent law favoring wealth over innovation.

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