Patent disputes: In the spotlight

Article Abstract:

The U.S Patent and Trade Mark Office (PTO) has gained unusual attention and criticism for some of the patents it approves even as it copes with an intimidating backlog of pending applications and a continuing surge of new ones. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) credited the patent office for taking a number of important and necessary actions to attract and retain qualified patent examiners, while criticizing the systemic weaknesses in the PTO's efforts to automate the processing of patent applications.

Business services, not elsewhere classified, Patent Brokerage & Protection Svcs, All Other Legal Services, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent services

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Later amendments

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The U.S. Congress incorporated cost-of-living allowances (COLAs) that provided retroactive adjustments for beneficiaries in 1950 and 1952 as by 1950, inflation had eaten away at the value of Social Security benefits. In the 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a series of federal programs like Medicare, which included measures that strengthened the safety net provided by Social Security.

Social Security, Johnson, Lyndon B., Cost of living adjustment

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Domestic Poverty: anti-poverty proposals

Article Abstract:

The article discusses about the recent months when the think tank and advocacy groups have turned out policy proposals for reducing poverty. Though, many advocates emphasize the need to help poor people build their assets as a way to propelling them out of poverty.

Services information, Public Assistance & Income Supplements, Services, Poverty, Wages, Control, Minimum wage, Welfare, Public assistance, Think tanks

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