U.S. Congress - H.R.1249 America Invents Act
H.R.1249 - America Invents Act
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. view all titles (7)
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- Official: To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. as introduced.
- Popular: America Invents Act as introduced.
- Short: America Invents Act as introduced.
- Short: America Invents Act as reported to house.
- Short: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as passed house.
- Short: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as passed senate.
- Short: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as enacted.
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| Number | Date Offered | Status | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.Amdt491 | Jun 22nd | Pass | An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to make technical edits and a few necessary changes to more substantive issues, such as prior user rights and an additional oversight requirement for the PTO. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt493 | Jun 23rd | Fail | An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to strike Section 5, the `prior user rights' language, and conform H.R. 1249 to H.R. 1908, as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on September 7, 2007, and S. 23, as passed by the U.S. Senate on March 8, 2011. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt498 | Jun 23rd | Fail | An amendment numbered 8 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to clarify that the new legislation would apply only to new tax planning patents, not already filed patents which would disclose patent information leaving the applicants vulnerable. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt495 | Jun 23rd | Pass | An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to add a sense of Congress that it is important to protect the rights of small businesses and inventors from predatory behavior that could result in cutting off innovation and may provide an undue advantage to large financial institutions and high-tech firms. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt496 | Jun 23rd | Pass | An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to add requirements to the satellite office location selection process to ensure that (1) the purposes, as described in the bill, of establishing satellite offices are achieved, (2) recruitment costs are minimized by considering the availability of knowledgeable personnel in the region, and (3) the economic impact to the region is considered. It would also require that the Director in the required report to Congress on the rationale in selecting the location of any satellite office include an explanation of how the selected location will achieve the purposes of satellite offices and how the required considerations were met. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt497 | Jun 23rd | Pass | An amendment numbered 7 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to mandate a USPTO-led study on what USPTO, SBA, and other agencies can do to help small businesses obtain, maintain, and enforce foreign patents. This study is to be conducted using existing resources. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt494 | Jun 23rd | Pass | An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to direct the USPTO to develop methods for studying the diversity of patent applicants, including those applicants who are minorities, women, or veterans. Any results of the study shall not be used for preferential treatment in the patent process. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt499 | Jun 23rd | Pass | An amendment numbered 9 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to restore language for calculation of 60-day period for application of patent term extension that the managers amendment strikes. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt500 | Jun 23rd | Pass | An amendment numbered 10 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to direct the PTO to prescribe a requirement that parties provide sufficient evidence to prove and rebut a claim of derivation. (View on THOMAS) |
| H.Amdt492 | Jun 23rd | Fail | An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to insert language to move the United States to a first to file system only upon a Presidential finding that other major patent authorities have adopted a similar one-year grace period. (View on THOMAS) |
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