lobbying_activities: 203498

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

Data license: Public Domain (U.S. Government data) · Data source: Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API

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id	filing_uuid	filing_type	registrant_name	registrant_id	client_name	filing_year	filing_period	issue_code	specific_issues	government_entities	income_amount	expense_amount	is_no_activity	is_termination	received_date
203498	a6bafa15-bc05-48ec-8da6-ab15d10b3c26	YY	SAS INSTITUTE	53243	SAS INSTITUTE	2002	year_end	CPT	H.R. 2215; 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act; Title III, Intellectual Property, Subtitle A, Patent and Trademark Authorization; authorizing funding for USPTO to develop electronic filing and processing of patent and trademark applications; mandates USPTO to create a 5 year stategic plan; addressing a more effective patent reexamination process. Subtitle B, Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments; Subtitle D, Madrid Protocol Implementation; to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce in order to carry out provisions of certain international conventions. Discussed aspects of Business Method Patents.	Education, Dept of,Executive Office of the President (EOP),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE		60000	0	0	2003-02-14T00:00:00-05:00