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Hour One

Patents and Inventions



Bruce Lehman, the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, has made more changes to patent law in the past two years than his predecessors enacted in the past two decades. Why all these changes? And why now? On this hour of Science Friday, a look at the new laws and how they will affect inventors.

Guests:
Bruce Lehman
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Arlington, VA

Stephen Brand
Executive Director
Inventure Place
The National Inventors Hall of Fame
Akron, OH

Steven Shore
President
The Alliance for American Innovation
Washington, DC

John Moreland
Publisher
Dream Merchant Magazine
Carson, CA

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