61.   The decision will have a broad impact on the esoteric world of patent law.

62.   The court flatly declared that Congress lacked a sufficient reason for enacting the patent law.

63.   The court, citing federal patent law, said the clock begins not when an invention is finished but when it is substantially completed.

64.   The GATT treaty prompted a change in patent laws.

65.   The fight over the Bogart patent comes as controversy grows about the use of patent laws in medicine.

66.   The justices unanimously upheld an appeals court decision that has prompted passionate debate in the obscure, but high-stakes world of patent law.

67.   The lack of a patent law has also limited technology transfers to Brazilian companies, said Heinz Redwood, a pharmaceutical consultant.

68.   The pendulum of history, just as everywhere, has its swings at the patent office and in the courts that interpret patent law.

69.   The reexamination comes as patent law is expanding dramatically.

70.   The revolt has prompted some drug makers to slash prices in a desperate attempt to preserve the framework of international patent law.