Introduction Part 1 - These documents are related to the reintroduction, by Senator Bayh, of the bill in the 96th Congress (79-80)

• Joe Allen's Introduction 1 (Click for PDF)
• Statement of Bayh - January 24, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Statement of Senator Bayh to the Subcommittee on Patent and Information Policy.
• Letter to Charles Mathias - January 30, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Bayh and Dole send Mathias a new draft of the bill before reintroduction and ask for him to sign on to this version of the bill.
• Statement of Bayh on S. 414 (Click for PDF) - Statement of Bayh on the Univeristy and Small Business Patent Procedures Act.
• Special Status Report from Bayh (Click for PDF) - Special Status Report from Bayh on Federal Reseach, including part of the Congressional Record from February 9, 1979. Questions and answers.
• Bill S. 141, The University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act (Click for PDF) - A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code.
• Draft of Bayh's speech in Atlanta (Click for PDF) - Draft of Bayh's speech for the World Fair for Technological Exchange in Atlanta, February 28, 1979.
• Reading copy of Bayh's speech in Atlanta (Click for PDF) - Reading copy of Bayh's speech for the World Fair for Technological Exchange in Atlanta, February 28, 1979.
• Draft of a letter to labor leaders (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen's draft of Bayh's letter to labor leaders explaining the purpose of S. 414 and how it relates to economic growth and the creation of new jobs.
• Congressional Record - March 21, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Bayh announces that nine additional senators have joined their support to S.414.
• Memo on the Patent Bill (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen's memo on upcoming Judiciary Committee hearings on S.414.
• Bayh's letter from April 5, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Bayh's letter on the reintroduction of the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act (as bill S. 414), and the upcoming Judiciary Committee hearings on the bill.
• Bayh's letter from April 6, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Bayh's letter on the upcoming Judiciary Committee hearings on the bill stating that the hearing will be open to those who submit written statements about the bill and or it's effects on patent policy.
• Statement of Bayh on S. 414 (Click for PDF) - Bayh's statement of the first day of Judiciary Committee hearings on S. 414.
• General Electric's letter to Bayh (Click for PDF) - Harry F. Manbeck's letter to Bayh thanking him for the changes made to S. 414 at General Electric's request.
• Talking paper on Innovation and Patent Bills(Click for PDF) - Joe Allen put together talking points on innovation and Bayh's patent bills for Bayh's next meetings.