Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Modernization of the patent system is long overdue.

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting a Proposal To Modernize the Patent System.

02/20/1967

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I am happy and pleased to honor that request.

I promise you that we are not going to allow them to go on unchecked.

But we can do better.

We are doing something about protecting them today.