P.L. 100-703

TITLE: Patent and Trademark Office Authorizations

DATE: Nov. 19, 1988  
LENGTH: 3 p.  
ENACTED-BILL: 100 H.R. 4972  
STAT: 102 Stat. 4674  
CONG-SESS: 100-2  

SUMMARY:
"To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes."
 
TITLE I authorizes FY89-FY91 appropriations for Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) programs.
 
TITLE II clarifies that refusal to license a patent or to use a patent right does not constitute patent misuse.
 
Patent and Trademark Office programs, FY89-FY91 authorization

BILLS: 100 S. 1200; 100 S. 438; 100 S. 573; 100 H.R. 557; 100 S. 635; 100 H.R. 4086; 100 S. 539; 100 S. 635; 99 S. 2944; 99 S. 1543; 99 H.R. 4070; 98 S. 1834; 98 S. 1841; 98 S. 1535

REFERENCES:
 
DEBATE:
 
134 Congressional Record, 100th Congress, 2nd Session - 1988
   Oct. 4, Senate consideration and passage of S. 438.
   Oct. 5, House consideration and passage of H.R. 4972.
   Oct. 14, Senate consideration and passage of H.R. 4972 with an amendment.
   Oct. 20, House concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4972 with an additional amendment.
   Oct. 21, Senate concurrence in the House amendment to H.R. 4972.
 
 
REPORTS:
 
100th Congress
 
S. Rpt. 100-83 on S. 1200, "Process Patents Amendments Act of 1987," June 23, 1987.
   LENGTH: 81 p.
   SUDOC: Y1.1/5:100-83
 
S. Rpt. 100-492 on S. 438, "Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1988," Aug. 25, 1988.
   LENGTH: 21 p.
   SUDOC: Y1.1/5:100-492
 
 
HEARINGS:
 
98th Congress
 
"National Productivity and Innovation Act and Related Legislation," hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate, June 29, Oct. 26, 1983, Mar. 12, 1984.
   LENGTH: v+344 p.
   SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.hrg.98-972
 
"Patent Law Improvements Act," hearings before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks, Committee on the Judiciary. Senate, Apr. 3, 1984.
   LENGTH: iv+245 p.
   SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.hrg.98-1008
 
100th Congress
 
Hearings on H.R. 557 before the Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law, House Judiciary Committee, Apr. 30, 1987.
 
Hearings before the Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, and the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies, and Business Rights, Senate Judiciary Committee, Oct. 20, 1987.