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Re: A day in the life of a patent lawyer (was Re: patent law job)

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From: Philo
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:00
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Bruce Hayden <bhayden@copatlaw.com> wrote:

>As a note here, this is one way that you can tell that the
>PTO is a government agency - it responded to an increase in
>demeand by a reductiotn in services, in dropping from offering
>the test twice a year to once a year.

I'm not sure if you're blaming the PTO, but I'm also not sure they are
the ones to blame. Congress withdrew a large portion of the PTO's
profits (reducing their budget) this year. That money might have gone
to additional testing...

Philo
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Subject: Re: A day in the life of a patent lawyer (was Re: patent law job)
Date: 1997/01/21
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