Changes

'''S.1137: Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act (2015)''' [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1137 (Congress)]

*Pleading and early disclosure: must identify each claim of each patent allegedly infringed and which products or processes are infringing

*Discovery limits: requires a court to stay expensive discovery pending resolution of preliminary motions

*Disclosure of patent ownership: requires patent holders to disclose to the PTO whenever there is an assignment of interest in the patent that results in a change of ultimate parent entity

*Small business provisions: directs PTO to develop educational resources for businesses targeted by patent suits and to create a list of pending patent cases on its website