21. Department of Commerce · Major · Needs Congress
Merge USPTO and NIST into a U.S. Office of Patents, Trademarks, and Standards
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“Alternatively, the USPTO should be consolidated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in a new U.S. Office of Patents, Trademarks, and Standards, with all non-mission-critical research functions eliminated or moved to other, more focused, federal agencies”
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- Action
- create
- Object
- U.S. Office of Patents, Trademarks, and Standards
- ID
- 1814