To amend title 35, United States Code, to direct the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office to adjust fees charged by the Office so that the fees collected in any fiscal year will equal, to the greatest extent practicable, the amount appropriated to the Office for that fiscal year.

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Bill Number

HR 909

Introduced

Feb 25, 2003

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

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Administrative fees Appropriations Commerce Department of Commerce Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Intellectual property Law Patents Trademarks

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Summary

Amends Federal patent law to require the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office to adjust fees charged by the Office so that the fees collected in any fiscal year will equal, to the greatest extent practicable, the amount appropriated to the Office for that fiscal year.

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Mar 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Feb 25, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 25, 2003

Introduced in House

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