No, sorry, urban myth. No elected or appointed official has ever seriously suggested shutting down the US Patent Office.
In fact, the particular director most often credited with this actually kept petitioning Congress for more money, because so many new patents were coming in at that time.
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Date: 2006-06-04 09:07 pm (UTC)In fact, the particular director most often credited with this actually kept petitioning Congress for more money, because so many new patents were coming in at that time.