Letters to Congress, Administration and Media

Letter regarding "Patent Quality Improvement: Post-Grant Opposition" (July 8, 2004)
to Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property
The Honorable Lamar Smith, Chairman and The Honarable Howard Berman, Ranking Minority Member
Read the letter (432 KB PDF)

• Letter opposing use of Bayh-Dole march-in powers (324 KB PDF) (May 24, 2004)
• Letter regarding the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (365 KB PDF) (Feb. 5, 2004)
• BIO letter supporting the goals of H.R. 2391, the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act (87 KB PDF) (Jan. 21, 2004)
• BIO Letter to the Hon. Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, in support of CAFTA (126 KB PDF) (Dec. 10, 2003)
• Letter to James E. Rogan on Unity of Invention (12/5/2003; 16.8 MB PDF)
• BIO Letter to the House Leadership supporting passage of H.R. 1561, the United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003 (Oct. 24, 2003)
• Letter to Office of Management and Budget on the PTO's strategic plan and their fee restructuring proposal (October 24, 2002)
• Letter to the Senate strongly supporting the Conference Agreement on the Department of Justice Authorization Act (HR 2215) and urging passage by the U.S. Senate (October 2, 2002)
• Letter to Sen. Ted Kennedy (11.2 MB PDF) expressing strong concerns regarding S. 812 (McCain/Schumer- Edwards/Collins) (July 15, 2002)
• Response to Sen. Ted Kennedy (190 KB PDF) (July 22, 2002)
• Letter to Majority Leader Daschle, on Senator Brownback's patent amendment to S. 2600, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (June 14, 2002)
• Letter to James Rogan (273 KB PDF), Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on Patent Harmonization (May 6, 2002)
• PTO response (1.2 MB PDF) to Carl Feldbaum on International Patent Harmonization Efforts
• Letter to the United States Senate (371 KB PDF) Supporting the Passage of Trade Promotion Authority Without Accompanying Amendments (May 6, 2002)
• Letter to Mr. Nicholas Godici (238 KB PDF), Acting Undersecretary of Commerce and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Regarding Patent Law Harmonization
• BIO letter (66.3 KB PDF) to the editor of the Washington Post clarifying the Bayh-Dole Act. (March 29, 2002)

• BIO letters outlining BIO opposition to HR 3967, The Genomic Research and Diagnostic Accessibility Act of 2002 (March 21, 2002):
  • To Representative Lynn Rivers (sponsor) (1.26 MB PDF)
  • To Representative James Sensenbrenner Jr., Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (313 KB PDF)
  • To Representative John Conyers, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee (259 KB PDF)
  • To Representative Howard Coble, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property (262 KB PDF)
  • To Representative Howard Berman, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property (273 KB PDF)
• Letter to Carl B. Feldbaum, BIO President (64 KB PDF) from Samual W. Bodman, Deputy Secretary of Commerce regarding funding for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Nov. 15, 2001)
• BIO letter (1.48 MB PDF) to J. Dennis Hastert (November 5, 2001)
• BIO letter (1.43 MB PDF) to US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Chairman Tauzin outling BIO opposition to generic biologic and pediatric rule codification amendments on pediatric exclusity bill (October 1, 2001)
• BIO letter (1.39 MB PDF) to US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Bilirakis outlining BIO opposition to generic biologic and pediatric rule codification amendments on pediatric exclusivity bill (October 1, 2001)
• BIO letter to Ontario Premier Michael Harris (September 26, 2001)

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