Orrin Hatch: “I rise today to express my support for the pending patent reform legislation before us. As many know, several of my…”

“I rise today to express my support for the pending patent reform legislation before us. As many know, several of my colleagues and I have been working together on this bill for several Congresses. I especially wish to recognize the ongoing efforts of our Judiciary Committee chairman, Pat Leahy. Over the years he and I have worked tirelessly to bring about long overdue reform to our Nation's patent system. This is a particularly important bill. It is only the first step, once we bring it up and hopefully pass it, and then the House will bring up their bill. There are likely to be differences between the two, and we will have to get together in conference to resolve those differences. So those who might have some angst about this particular bill, give it time. We will be working diligently--the distinguished Senator from Vermont, myself, and others, including, of course, our ranking member, Senator Grassley--we will be working diligently to try and resolve these problems and hopefully we will end up with a bill that everybody in this country should recognize as what needs to be done to keep us at the forefront of all technological innovation in this world.”