Introduction Part 4 - These documents are related to the fight over amending of S. 414 and trying to get the bill passed before the adjourned

• Joe Allen's Introduction 4 (Click for PDF)
• Joe Allen Letter - Oct. 10, 1976 (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen letter in regards to HEW firing their patent counsel, Norm Latker, for supporting S. 414.
• Bayh Letter to DeSimone - June 4, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Bayh letter to Daniel DeSimone, director of the Office of Technology Management recommending Norm Latker.
• News from Bayh - January 16 (Click for PDF) - Press release from Bayh stating that the federal government is encroaching on the business opportunities of small businesses to the tune of over $2 billion a year.
• Bayh's Statement - January 25, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Statement of Senator Bayh to the Committees on the Judiciary and Commerce, on Government Patent Policy.
• Edited Bayh Letter - February 4, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Draft of Bayh's letter opposing an amendment to broaden the bills coverage.
• Schmitt's Letter on S. 1215 (Click for PDF) - Schmitt's Letter on S. 1215, the Science and Technology Research and Development Utilization Act.
• Congressional Record - May 22, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Schmitt introduces S. 1215, the Science and Technology Research and Development Utilization Act.
• Schmitt's Letter - February 2, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Schmitt's letter on his proposed amendment to S. 414
• Bayh Letter - February 4, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Bayh's letter opposing an amendment to broaden the bills coverage.
• Democratic Legislative Bulletin - February 5, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Democratic Policy Committee notes on the floor history, background of S. 414.
• Draft Letter - February 22, 1980 (Click for PDF) - This letter recites the history of S. 414 and urges senators to look at the record on and join in support of S. 414.
• Committee of the Judiciary's Report on S. 414 (Click for PDF) - Marked up copy of the Committee of the Judiciary's report on S. 414, the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act.
• Joe Allen's Letter - March 20, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen's letter to the Bayh summarizing the status of his bills (S. 1679 and S. 414) for his meeting with Eli Lilly.
• Joe Allen's Letter - March 25, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen's letter to the Bayh summarizing the various bills that were currently pending for his phone interview.
• Chakrabarty News Article (Click for PDF) - News article on the Supreme Court decision in Chakrabarty.
• Kastenmeier's Report - September 9, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Kastenmeier's, of the Judiciary Committee, report on H.R. 6933.
• Bill H.R. 6033 (Click for PDF) - Bill to amend the patent and trademark laws introduced by Kastemeier
• Licensing Program Created by H.R. 6933 and S. 1250 (Click for PDF) - A summary of the results created by H.R. 6933.
• Letters to and from Senator Long - September 24 & 26, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Long's letter to Bayh regarding H.R. 6933 expanding the scope of S. 414, and Bayh's response to that letter.
• Bayh's Speech on H.R. 6626 (Click for PDF) - Bayh urges his colleagues to support H.R. 6626.
• Bayh's Speech in Chicago (Click for PDF) - Senator Bayh's speech to the Patent Law Association of Chicago announcing his intent to introduce legislation to create an independent Patent and Trademark Office.
• News from Bayh - November 7 (Click for PDF) - Press release detailing Bayh's call for an independent Patent and Trademark Office.

• Special Report from Bayh (Click for PDF) - Report from Bayh including the Congressional Record from December 5, 1979, which details Bayh's introduction of S. 2079, the Independent Patent and Trademark Office Act, which would establish the Patent and Trademark office as an independent agency.
• Congressional Record - June 27, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Bayh introduces S. 2892, the Patent Term Restoration Act, designed to restore seven (7) years of a patent's then seventeen (17) year life.
• Special Report from Bayh - June 3, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Bayh's report on S. 2079, the Independent Patent and Trademark Office Act, including the Congressional Record from June 2, 1980, which details the Act.
• Joe Allen's Letter on PTO Funding - June 13, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen's letter showing support to increase the PTO's budget from major corporations and Senator Eagleton.
• Joe Allen's Letter on PTO Funding - May 14, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen's progress report on Bayh's efforts to increase the PTO's funding.
• Bayh's Letter to Appropriations - April 12, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Bayh recommends an increase in the PTO's funding to the Appropriations Committee.
• Patent Search Files (Click for PDF) - Questions and answers on the importance and adequacy of patent search files and examining.
• Joe Allen's Letter - May 14, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Joe Allen's summary of the American Patent Law Association's four (4) amendments to the PTO's budget.
• Bayh's Letter to Hollings - May 21, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Bayh details four amendments to the PTO's budget that could strengthen the patent system.
• Bayh's Letter to Hollings - April 12, 1979 (Click for PDF) - Bayh's recommended adjustments to the Department of Commerce's budget for the PTO.
• News from Bayh - November 30 (Click for PDF) - The text of Bayh's bill, S. 1679, which provides an inexpensive alternative to litigation in patent validity cases, and the Congressional Record from November 20, 1980.
• Special Report from Bayh - November 21, 1980 (Click for PDF) - Detailing both the bill and the House of Representatives' approval of H.R. 6933, amending the Patent Law Act of 1980.
• Thurmond's Letter to Stockman - February 4, 1981 (Click for PDF) - Thurmond's request from Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, for a report on the conformity of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy's regulations to P.L. 96-517 (the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act).
• Weicker's Letter to Stockman - January 19, 1981 (Click for PDF) - Weicker expresses his concern that OFPP's inadequacy of tailoring regulations coming from the University and Small Business Patent Procedure Act to small businesses.
• Stockman's Letter to Mathias - March 20, 1981 (Click for PDF) - Stockman's response to Mathias's letter of concern regarding the OFPP's authority to draft implementing regulations under P.L. 96-517.
• News Article on Guidelines (Click for PDF) - Article on the implementing regulations of P.L. 96-517 and the concern that the regulations vary from the law itself.
• Steinbach's Letter to Stockman - March 3, 1981 (Click for PDF) - Steinbach, general counsel for American Council on Education, expressing concern regarding the implementing regulation for P.L. 96-517.
• Bremer's Letter to Goldberg - April 13, 1981 (Click for PDF) - Bremer, having read over the proposed regulations implementing P.L. 96-517, expresses his concern that they are "as bad as we thought they might be."
• Circular to the Heads of Executive Departments and Establishments (Click for PDF) - Circular sent to the heads of executive departments and establishments, detailing the regulations implementing P.L. 96-517.
• News Article - Ruined Intent (Click for PDF) - Article discussing how the panel in charge of writing the guidelines for implementing P.L. 96-517 are actually opposed to what the new law stands for.