The recent passage of patent reform bills by the House and Senate has raised expectations for enactment a new law this year, but there's lingering controversy about whether the patent office can keep all its fees and about provisions allowing for new patent challenges. The differences between the bills must be reconciled before becoming law.
June 28, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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On June 23, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, H.R. 1249, by a 304-117 vote. The vote follows the U.S. Senate’s March 95-5 vote for S.23, but differences between them mean the bills must be reconciled before becoming law.
Both bills would change the U.S. patent system from a first-to-invent system into a first-to-file system.
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