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On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
The Committee worked for 6 years to pass that landmark legislation bringing our patent system into the 21st century.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights the bipartisan effort to modernize patent laws.

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