Patent Reform: Do Small Entities Support the Status Quo?

May 26, 2005 on 12:01 am | In Legislation/Regulation |

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  1. Line drawing in the patent reform debate — my take on the small entity/status quo discussion

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  2. Steve - other than the prepared statements of the witnesses who testified at the recent oversight hearings, we don’t have much to help us determine the position of small entities on the various reform proposals. The statements of Nathan Myhrvold, William Parker, and Dean Kamen, all of which are available for download at Promote the Progress, are particularly relevant to the small entity issue.

    The prepared statements include some interesting information that may or may not rise to a collective “for or against” by small entities. For example, Myhrvold points out that continuation practice is very important to small entities and that any limitations on this practice would hurt these organizations (he, like me, openly wonders about the need for reform in this area considering that patent term is now measured from the earliest priority date). Also, Parker expresses concern over the first-to-file provision but does not express strong opposition to this proposed change. He even suggests that a first-to-file system could be optimized with small entities in mind.

    Comment by Matt Buchanan — May 26, 2005 #

  3. Thanks for the additional insight Matt!!!

    Comment by nipper — May 26, 2005 #

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