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.
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
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Discussing patent practices and their implications.
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