House Roll Call 86

105th Congress, 1st session · House roll no. 88 · 1997-04-23 · Agreed to

H.R. 400: On Agreeing to the Amendment — (HOUSE AGREED TO THE KAPTUR AMENDMENT THAT EXEMPTS SMALL BUSINESS, INDEPENDENT INVESTORS, AND UNIVERSITIES FROM PUBLICATION OF PATENT APPLICATION INFORMATION UNTIL THE PATENT IS GRANTED; SPECIFIES THAT PATENT INFORMATION CAN BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE PATENT IS GRANTED IF THE DATA HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (PTO) FOR FIVE YEARS OR LONGER AND THE PTO DETERMINES THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST WOULD BE SERVED BY PUBLICATION, OR THE INVENTOR DELIBERATELY DELAYS PUBLICATION OF THE PATENT.)

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