COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS
TO AMEND TITLE 35 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE; TO ESTAB-
LISH A UNIFORM FEDERAL PATENT PROCEDURE FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; TO CREATE
A CONSISTENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE CONCERNING PAT-
ENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSIST-
ANCE; AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES.
DAVID BOIES, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
JOSEPH P. ALLEN, Professional Staff Member
TOM PARRY, Minority Chief Counsel
YOLANDA MCCLAIN, Minority Counsel (Counsel to Senator Dole)
Bayh, Hon. Birch, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana...
Dole, Hon. Bob, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas---
Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah---.
Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Caro-
lina
S. 414, a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code; to establish a uni-
form Federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit orga-
nizations; to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patent-
ability of inventions made with Federal assistance; and for other re-
lated purposes_-
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES
Staats, Elmer B., Comptroller General of the United States; accom-
panied by John W. Craft and Jack S. Heinbaugh_.
DeLuca, Dr. Hector F., chairman, biochemistry department, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wis___
Clark, Dr. Leland C., Jr., professor of research pediatrics, Children's
Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio_.
Putney, Donald H., senior vice president, the Fox Chase Cancer Center,
Philadelphia, Pa---
Iannotta, Patrick J., president, Ecolotrol Inc., Bethpage, N.Y..
Obermayer, Arthur S., president, Moleculon Research Corp., Cambridge,
Mass.
Syniuta, Walter D., president, Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc., New-
ton, Mass-
Ancker-Johnson, Dr. Betsy, vice president of General Motors for the
environmental activities staff and former Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce, accompanied by Norman Latker, former chairman of the Sub-
committee on Universities of the Government Patent Policy Committee_
Rickover, Adm. Hyman G., Director of the Division of Naval Reactors,
Department of Energy.
Andrews, Frederick N., vice president for research, Purdue University,
Lafayette, Ind_.
Bremer, Howard W., Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and presi-
dent, Society of University Patent Administrators, Madison, Wis.---
Reimers, Niels, manager of technology licensing, Stanford University,
Stanford, Calif_
Jancin, Julius, Jr., vice president, American Patent Law Association,
Washington, D.C
Schellin, Eric P., chairman of the board of trustees, National Small Busi-
ness Association, Arlington, Va...---
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