Difference between revisions of "Leahy Smith America Invents Act"

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+#REDIRECT [[112-HR1249 Leahy Smith America Invents Act]]
-'''H.R.1249: Leahy Smith America Invents Act (2011)''' [http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/bills-112hr1249enr.pdf]
-*A derivation proceeding is established to replace the interference proceeding currently employed by the USPTO
-**The purpose is to determine whether a claimed invention in an earlier filed application was derived from the later filed application
-*Transitions from First to Invent patent system to system where priority is given to first inventor to file a patent application
-*Patent Office itself can rule on egregious claims, throwing them out before defendants are forced to go through the pain and expense of a full trial [http://www.wired.com/2012/11/ff-steven-levy-the-patent-problem/]