Patent Term and Publication Reform Act of 1994

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Patent Term and Publication Reform Act of 1994 - Provides for a 20-year patent term, beginning from the date that the application is filed. (Under current law, a patent term runs for 17 years from the date the patent is granted.) Provides for the publication of a patent application 18 months after its filing. Specifies that patents for designs may be granted for terms of three years and six months, seven years, or 17 (currently, 14) years, as the applicant elects in the application.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 February 1994

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