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Patent Reform in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

All the new patent rules didn’t all take effect when on September 16, 2011 President Barack Obama signd Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 into law. On the one-year anniversary of the act many of the new rules kicked in. The patent and trademark office was put to the task of incrementally placing the rules […]

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September 11 2011

Patent Reform: “America Invents Act” Almost Law

Vincent LoTempio Patents America invents act, Leahy-Smith, Patent Reform Act of 2011, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)

The Leahy-Smith “America Invents Act” H.R. 1249, was passed by the U.S. Senate on September 8, 2011 and because the House of Representatives passed identical legislation on June 23, the bill will go directly to President Barack Obama to be signed into law. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.),Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, commented on the final passage […]

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