 | Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill 0 Comments - 09 Mar 2011 The Senate yesterday passed the America Invents Act (S. 23) by a vote of 87-3.
Although some provisions were dropped, the Senate bill retained the following key elements:
Third party submissions of prior art for pending applications;
USPTO fee setting authority;
Supplemental examination authority;
Repeal of the residency requirement for Federal Ci... More Link |
 | Senate Defeats Feinstein Patent Amendment 0 Comments - 03 Mar 2011 An amendment that was offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to the patent reform bill (America Invents Act S. 23) has been tabled by a vote of 87 to 13.
The Feinstein Amendment removed the First To File provision in favor of the existing First to Invent System. Arguments against the First to File System include not allowing independent... More Link |
Friday, October 9, 2009
USPTO Rescinds Controversial Patent Regulations Package
Yesterday the US Patent and Trademark Office rescinded the controversial Patent Regulations Package, which limited the number of continuation applications as well as the number of claims that could be included within each application. The regulations were published in the Federal Register in August 2007, but were enjoined and never came into effect. The full text of the USPTO Press Release is found here.
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