Sen. Mark Kirk released the following statement:
The Senate today approved a key element of U.S. Senator Mark Kirk’s “Small Business Bill of Rights” agenda when it voted in favor of a bipartisan amendment the Illinois lawmaker authored to expedite assistance to small business owners during the federal patent approval process. The amendment passed as part of S. 23, The Patent Reform Act.
“This amendment seeks to assist some of our greatest innovators by providing a fast lane within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for small businesses to receive information and assistance regarding their patent applications,” Senator Kirk said. “Currently, American small businesses produce thirteen to fourteen times more patents per employee than do large firms, proving the axiom that small businesses are the true incubators of American innovation.”
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