They allege that his appointment of Margaret J. A. Peterlin as deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which is part of the Commerce Department, violates 1999 amendments to the Patent Act.
Lawmakers had proposed some 178 amendments to the patent law prior to the vote.
The latest amendments to the Patents Act 1970 are then described, including the harmonisation of the patent term, redefinition of patentable subject matter, matters concerning deposits of biological materials, oppositions, revocations, the working of patents, compulsory licences, and the reversal of the burden of proof in infringement of process patents.
The term "single action" is not defined by the patent specification...
The policy was passed in a Supplementary Order Paper, which sets out proposed amendments to the existing Patents Bill.
The Royal Armouries has had replicas of the vests made to the original patent specification, and is testing them with ammunition and weapons similar to the 1910 Browning semi-automatic pistol fired on 28 June 1914 by Princip.
In a legislative attempt to reconcile pro- and antipatent positions, the Australian Parliament last year passed amendments to the nation's patent law.
A majority of members of the European Parliament voted in support of amendments to the bill that would make it harder to register a patent.
The final protocol for, and any amendments to, the original study were reviewed and approved by independent Ethics Committees or by appropriately constituted institutional review boards (IRBs) according to specifications outlined in the US Code of Federal Regulations CFRR).
During the time when amendments to the legislation were being proposed, civil society framed the rules embedded within the legislation as counter-productive, restrictive and an invitation to abusive litigation by patent-holders.
