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S 3416 115th Congress Senate Commerce

USPTO FEES Act

Introduced: September 6, 2018 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 6, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

USPTO Funds for Efficient and Effective Services Act or the USPTO FEES Act

This bill amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend for eight years the authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to set and adjust patent fees.

What's happening now September 6, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 6, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3416: USPTO FEES Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3416/
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"S. 3416: USPTO FEES Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3416/.
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S. 3416, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3416/.
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