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IMTEC-92-73R 1 (1992-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackce0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G~o United States General Accountng Of Washington, D.C. 20548 Infornuon Management and Technology Division B-24 7066 July 20, 1992 147126 The Honorable Dennis DeConcini Chairman, Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate On May 12, 1992, we testified before your Subcommittee on the Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO) effort to develop its Automated Patent System (APS). On June 17, 1992, you requested our response to supplemental questions for inclusion in the hearing record. We are providing the following information under the two topics that your questions address: (1) PTO's compliance with the CD-ROM demonstration program mandated by the Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-204), and (2) PTO's efforts to disseminate patent information to the public. PTO'S PROGRESS IN COMPLYING WITH MANDATED CD-ROM DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM The Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1991 requires the Commissioner to establish, no later than January 1, 1992, a demonstration program making patent information available to the public on CD-ROM discs. These discs are to be available for purchase through October 1, 1992, and are to include information on selected subclasses of U.S. patents, as determined by the Commissioner. The Congress' goal in mandating the demonstration project was to determine the level of demand for patent information provided on CD-ROM. The legislation also requires the Commissioner to report to the Congress on the implementation of this program 1 year from the date the law was enacted. In-a November 1991 Senate -report,' the Committee on the Judiciary specified that PTO's report to the Congress assess the level of demand for the product; the appropriateness of CD-ROM technology for disseminating patent information; and Senate Report No. 102-245, November 26, 1991. GAO/IMTEC-92-73R PTO: Information Dissemination 6 (7l /M~

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