# Patent Law and Its Application to the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Examination of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 ("The Hatch-Waxman Act")
> **Long Report (Legacy)** · 2005-01-10 · `RL30756`
## Report
- **CRS ID:** RL30756
- **Series:** Long Report (Legacy)
- **Publication date:** 2005-01-10
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