Given this policy of discretionary denials of PTAB and IPR changes, we must face the responsibility the agency and its fee setting authority might in fact be in question. The fact was We intended to have the US Patent and Trademark Office fee setting authority fully affect its total cost reimbursement for implementing the America Invents Act. Failure to do so begs the question of beyond December. Can we in fact continue with fee setting authority or should this committee in the following Congress set about making … (07:42–07:58)
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Asserts that the intention was for USPTO's fee setting authority to cover costs of the America Invents Act.
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