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HR 1561 - US Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act, 2004 - Key Vote
John Boozman voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- April 29, 2004 Senate Placed on Calendar
- March 3, 2004 House Bill Passed
- April 2, 2003 House Introduced
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Legislation - Placed on Calendar (Senate) - April 29, 2004
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - March 3, 2004 (Key vote)
Title: US Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act, 2004
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that would increase various Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO) user fees by approximately 15 percent.
Highlight: -Provides that filing fees shall be decreased by 75 percent for small businesses, non-profit organizations, and independent investors filing electronically (Sec. 2). -Provides that the Director of the U.S. PTO is responsible for establishing and charging fees for the search process to determine whether a patent application violates a standing patent or trademark (Sec. 2). -Mandates that the above fees may not be increased more than 20 percent in any given year for the next three years (Sec. 2). -Provides that the additional revenue generated by the increased fees shall be credited to a PTO account within the Treasury Department for the sole use of the PTO, as opposed to the previous method of fee diversion to unrelated programs (Sec. 5).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 2, 2003
Title: US Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act, 2004
