Big changes are coming to the US Patent System! The America Invents act, formerly the Patent Reform Act of 2011 (pdf), has gripped the attention of the attention of the business world since it passed through the U.S. Senate in April. The bill originated as the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (under Bush) and returned to Congress in 2009, however, neither attempt to pass the legislation proved successful. The Patent Reform Act of 2011 will be the first REAL overhaul of the US patent system since 1952.
While beyond the scope of my blog to review all of the changes to the patent system that the AIA may bring, I want to address the most controversial change, which will be the switch from “first to invent” to a “first to file” system of awarding patent priority.
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