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{{Communications, Science and Intellectual Property Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=h1908}} <usbillinfo congress="110" bill="H.1908" /> 

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The '''Patent Reform Act of 2007''' [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1908/show (H.R. 1908)] was introduced on April 18, 2007, by Rep. [[Howard Berman]] (D-Calif.).<ref name="OpenCongress">OpenCongress info page on [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1908/show Patent Reform Act of 2007]</ref> The bill seeks to create a "first-to-file" system for granting patents; currently, the patent goes to the inventor who can claim, and prove, he or she to had an idea first and was the first to use it for commercial purposes.<ref name="patent 2007">Karen E. Klein, [http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/may2007/sb20070523_462426.htm "If the Patent Reform Act Passes,"] March 23, 2007.</ref>
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== House and Senate action  ==

On September 7, 2007, the House passed the bill by a vote of 220-175. 

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{{Record vote display|U.S. House of Representatives record vote 863, 110th Congress, Session 1}}

== Further action  ==

Similar bills have been introduced in the 111th Congress. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced the '''Patent Reform Act of 2009''' [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1260/show (H.R. 1260)]. Two versions of the Patent Reform Act of 2009 have been introduced in the Senate, [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s515/show S.515] by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s610/show S.610] by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.).<ref>OpenCongress info page on [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1260/show Patent Reform Act of 2009]</ref> 

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=== See also  ===

#[[Patent Reform Act of 2006]]

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