What is the ability and the commitment of the Patent Office to stop the extension of that period of exclusivity and monopoly power that has been so consistently abused by the drug ...
It is really important, your responsibility, to have patents issued timely, appropriately, for innovators.
They have extended the patent all the way through 2023--it is now almost $3,200.
But what I have seen is, in particular in the drug industry, an abuse by patent holders of that period of exclusivity.
I don't get it where you get a patent, let's say for 20 years and it goes on for 30 years or 35 years.
There are no two stronger champions of the intellectual property rights of innovators and patent holders than the two le...
we have made it a major priority about broadband in rural America for this Committee to focus on
It is a timely hearing because there is a lot of vulnerability in a lot of our water and septic systems, especially in r...
These well-functioning water systems, as you all know, are absolutely essential to rural communities, the health and the...
Do we need to make any changes to give USDA more flexibility to upgrade the resilience factors to accommodate the realit...