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Peter Welch: “Is it the case that at the end of that patent period that it is something given by public policy as incentive for doing…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
Is it the case that at the end of that patent period that it is something given by public policy as incentive for doing the research any of your member companies have used legal maneuvers to extend that period of original exclusivity in the patent?
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch inquires about companies extending patent exclusivity through legal means.

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