Sen. Banks Urges Commerce Department to Protect American Innovation From Chinese Patent Scraping
July 08, 2026
July 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 7, 2026:
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Sen. Banks Urges Commerce Department to Protect American Innovation from Chinese Patent Scraping
Yesterday, Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to protect American innovation from Chinese companies that are using AI to scrape U.S. patent applications and accelerate the . . .
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Sen. Banks Urges Commerce Department to Protect American Innovation from Chinese Patent Scraping
Yesterday, Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to protect American innovation from Chinese companies that are using AI to scrape U.S. patent applications and accelerate the . . .