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August 16, 2010
New Appropriations Act Allocates Supplemental Funding to Help Address Patent Exam Backlogs
United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act
H.R. 5874, Public Law No: 111-224, 8/11/2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010, which makes supplemental FY 2010 appropriations of $129 million to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has become a law.
This bill was a response to President Obama’s July 12th request to Congress to provide the USPTO with access to all the fees it will collect in FY 2010. In that request, the President said the money would “support efforts to reduce backlogs in processing patent applications—by spurring innovation and reforming the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to make them more effective.”
Following the signing, Under Secretary of Commerce…
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