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Andrea Joy Campbell: “Again, I say to my colleagues, this has nothing to do with publication; it has to do with an exemption never before…”

On the recordApril 23, 1997
Again, I say to my colleagues, this has nothing to do with publication; it has to do with an exemption never before existing in American patent law. It says, I am quoting from the bill, title III: ``except that the defense shall also extend to variations in the quantity or volume of use of the claimed subject matter.'' I take that out, and I say, if you have a prior use, okay, continue it, just do not expand it.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing an amendment related to patent law during a House floor debate.

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