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June 12, 2007

Patent Reform Bill to Be Delayed?

    By Donald Zuhn --

Committee_room As recently reported on Patent Docs, the Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing last week on patent reform.  According to reports earlier today (June 12, 2007) at internetnews.com and InfoWorld, five Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are now seeking to delay the Senate bill's progress, saying the controversial measure of patent reform deserves additional hearings.  The Senators sent a letter expressing their views to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Senator Arlen Specter on Monday.

The Senators calling for more time to "work through certain issues" regarding the patent reform bill include:  Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Jon Kyl of Arizona, and Sam Brownback of Kansas.  According to internetnews.com, only Senator Coburn attended last week's hearing - one of two patent reform hearings Senator Coburn has attended since 2005 - while the remaining Senators signing the letter had missed all seven of the Committee's patent reform hearings held since 2005.

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