02/24/2009
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"Instead of the funds that are paid to the PTO going directly to the PTO... it goes back to the Appropriations Committee."
"People don't pay user fees for patents as a gift to the society. They're making an investment to get a property right."
"But let's face it. Out of the first hearing on this subject and even this one, would it be unfair for impartial witnesses to come to the conclusion that a number of us here on the Committee have that ..."
"Enforcement, yes, but that we have got to also talk about the real solutions of reform."