I find this particularly unfortunate since our patent bill was geared toward improving the operational efficiency at the PTO and making government smaller and leaner. They can also be teams of scientists working in our largest corporations or at our colleges and universities. To maintain America's preeminence in the realm of technology we need to modernize our patent system and patent office. Our inventors know this and that is why they support this legislation. I am deeply disappointed that the Senate is being prevented from considering this important legislation by Republican recalcitrance.
American inventors deserve better and America's future is being short changed.