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Marcy Kaptur: “If there are additional staff that will be working directly for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, then why does this…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2004
If there are additional staff that will be working directly for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, then why does this bill permit commercial entities to do the review process, which means you are outsourcing or contracting out work that should legitimately be done by the office?
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the outsourcing provisions in a bill related to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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