| Provides funds for one Director position and | related operational costs, as well as funds to | conduct workshops and provide technical | assistance to help state inventors. |
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| | This bill creates the Maine Patent Program to assist Maine | companies, inventors and entrepreneurs in the patent process. | The Maine Patent Program receives a percentage of royalties from | any successful innovation patented through the program, with the | money deposited in a fund to help pay the program's expenses. |
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