June 22, 2010 - A recent article in BNA's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal called "Rush to Pass Patent Reform This Year Questioned When PTO Reform Missing" sets forth nine crucial reforms that AIPR board member Pat Choate says are absent from patent reform bills currently before the U.S. House and Senate.

Choate, along with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and others, contends that the watered-down patent reform bills do nothing to address several USPTO problems - including the need for workload reduction, personnel retention, and patent application pendency and backlog reduction.

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