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Frank Pallone: They make essentially insignificant changes to the product, and they get a new patent just as the original patent is set…

On the recordJune 12, 2001
They make essentially insignificant changes to the product, and they get a new patent just as the original patent is set to expire; and then they go on for years with essentially the same patent.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing patent practices and their implications.

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