Patent pending an offense, which permits theoretical damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars for high-volume consumer goods. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act revised section 292 to say that only the United States may sue for that penalty but that a person who has suffered a competitive injury may sue for recovery of damages adequate to compensate for the injury. A provisional application, like any other patent application, also allows the applicant to use the term "patent pending". Numerous characters have assumed the name Pat Pending since at least the 1960s, notably Professor Pat Pending of cartoon series Wacky Races; the
The Public Eye (TV series) introduced as a regular feature of the following, final season. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appeared in a later episode. This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times are in Eastern): The Public Eye (TV series) The Public Eye is a Canadian public affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969. This journalistic series covered various subjects of global and domestic scope. Some 1966 episodes were co-produced with CBC's "Newsmagazine" series and identified as "This Week". Its 1966 production budget was approximately $18,000 per episode. A June 1966 episode featured the conflict between Canadian leaders Lester B.