Some minor provisions in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act were updated Monday, when President Barack Obama signed into law a measure to fix and update the 2011 law that overhauled the patent system.
The previous session of Congress agreed on the technical amendments to the law and sent the bill to the White House on New Years Day, just beating the legislative deadline. The timing of the bills introduction and last-minute passage allowed for little debate and Congress ended up sidestepping a controversial provision.