Jan. - Feb. 2002 

Shaping Public Policy: News & Analysis

Volume 2, Number 1 

Current Issue

USPTO Moves Aggressively to Bolster Staff Do You Have a Future in Patents? — Are you interested in making a change in your career — but want to stay close to the latest technological innovations? Have you considered becoming a patent examiner?  [More]

Special Op-Ed Feature:
Protecting Our Critical Infrastructure: A "Silo" Approach Won't Work 
— In terms of terrorist acts, doesn't every one threaten our public health? Why, then, are health care and public health not considered in discussions of our "critical infrastructure"? Click here to read one expert's views.

IEEE-USA Brief Discussed in U.S. Supreme Court — An IEEE-USA amicus curiae brief on patent rights received prominent attention in oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., LTD patent case... [More]

Mini Poll

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Mark Your Calendar for CVD 2002
The 7th annual Science, Engineering & Technology Congressional Visits Day will be held 5-6 March 2002 in Washington, D.C.

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