On the recordApril 17, 1997
Mr. Chairman, we have, I think, very clearly identified what is wrong with H.R. 400 and that it is not solved by the manager's amendment. Every applicant for a patent who wishes to get that patent, even before they get the patent, is obliged to disclose. Goodbye to the strategy that you say, ``Well I am trying for a patent but if I do not get it, I want to keep it secret and try the trade secret route.'' One of the aspects that American patent law has right now is a tremendous incentive to the inventor because it allows just that opportunity. I will try for the patent, but if I do not get it, if it does not look like I am going to, then I am going to try the trade secret route.
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