Here are some details on yesterday’s patent panel organized by the House Committee for Small Businesses. I’ll review transcripts or presentations if they become available.

“Small, innovative companies are creating the technologies America needs to compete in the global marketplace and the jobs that expand communities,” said Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez. “It is critical to the ongoing success of small businesses that their unique needs be considered in any reform of our nation’s existing patent system.”

Small companies have been major contributors to the technological advances of recent decades. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), small tech companies produce nearly 13 times more patents per employee than large firms and represent one-third of all companies in possession of 15 or more patents.