United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003

By Kassinger, Theodore W.

Book Id: WPLBN0000713699
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 4.98 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2000

Title:	United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003
Author:	Kassinger, Theodore W.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Department of Commerce Collection
Historic Publication Date:
Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Kassinger, T. W. (n.d.). United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003. Retrieved from https://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Summary: I am writing to set forth the views of the Department of Commerce ('We Department) on H.R. 156 1, the 'United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003, as amended in markup by the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual prom- I The bill amends section 41 of title 35, United States Code, and otherwise revises patent and trademark fees to reflect more accurately the costs of the services provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and to generate the fee income necessary to implement the goals and objectives of the USPTO's 21 Century Strategic Plan. Pursuant to an amendment adopted by the Subcommittee, the bill amends subsections (b) and (c) of section 42 of title 3 5, United States Code, to eliminate language that presently makes the availability of fees collected by the USPTO subject to the appropriations process. As a result, the Director of the USPTO would be authorized to expend all USPTO fee collections to carry out the activities of the USPTO. Also, the provisions of any applicable appropriation Act that are in effect on the bill's effective date would, under the amendment, cease to be effective.?