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H.R. 5322, The Patent and Trademark Office Fee Funding Stabilization Act of 2010 Letter to The Honorable Harry Reid and The Honorable Mitch McConnell re: Support for the Manager’s Amendment to S. 515, the Patent Reform Act of 2010, April 2, 2010. (View PDF) Manager's Amendment to S. 515, March 2010. (View PDF) Letter to Senate Leader Harry Reid regarding S. 515, October 15, 2009. (View PDF) Letter to GOP Leader Mitch McConnell regarding S. 515, October 15, 2009. (View PDF) Department of Commerce's View on S. 515, October 5, 2009. (View PDF) Senate Report to S. 515 (Report. 111-18), May 12, 2009 (View PDF)
Patent Reform Legislation Comparison Chart, updated May 5, 2009. (View PDF)
Hearing on: H.R. 1260, the "Patent Reform Act of 2009", April 30, 2009. (View Hearing)
AIPLA Letter expressing support for prompt Floor consideration by the Senate on S. 515, April 28, 2009. (View PDF)
S. 515 as approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, April 2, 2009. (View PDF)
AIPLA Letter Supporting Compromise Amendment to S. 515, April 1, 2009. (View PDF)
AIPLA Fee Diversion Letter, 03/28/09. (View PDF)
Letter from five Members to Chairman Conyers, March 11, 2009. (View PDF)
Senate Hearing on S. 515, March 10, 2009. (Hearing)
Letter from 7 Senators to Chairman Leahy and Senator Hatch, March 9, 2009. (View PDF)
Letter from Senator Arlen Specter to Chairman Leahy, March 3, 2009. (View PDF)
Patent Reform Legislation Comparison Chart, March 17, 2009. (View PDF) Click here for May 5, 2009 update.
S. 610 Patent Reform Act 2009 (View Link)
S. 515, Patent Reform Act of 2009, introduced March 3, 2009. (View PDF)
H.R. 1260, Patent Reform Act of 2009, introduced March 3, 2009. (View PDF)
AIPLA's Positions on Patent Reform Legislation, February 3, 2009. (View PDF) Key IP Bills from the 111th Congress Other Bills We are Monitoring in the 111th Congress * Document available only in pdf format. You may obtain the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read pdf files by clicking on the following link: or (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)