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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Communications, Science and Intellectual Property Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=h1908}}</span> <usbillinfo congress="110" bill="H.1908" /> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Article summary|fckLRfckLRThe '''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.).&lt;ref name=&quot;OpenCongress&quot;&gt;OpenCongress info page on [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1908/show Patent Reform Act of 2007]&lt;/ref&gt; The bill seeks to create a &quot;first-to-file&quot; 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.&lt;ref name=&quot;patent 2007&quot;&gt;Karen E. Klein, [http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/may2007/sb20070523_462426.htm &quot;If the Patent Reform Act Passes,&quot;] March 23, 2007.&lt;/ref&gt;fckLR}}</span> </p> <h2> House and Senate action </h2> <p>On September 7, 2007, the House passed the bill by a vote of 220-175. </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2007" chamber="house" rollcall="863" /> </p><p><br /> </p> <h2> Further action </h2> <p>Similar bills have been introduced in the 111th Congress. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced the <b>Patent Reform Act of 2009</b> <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1260/show">(H.R. 1260)</a>. Two versions of the Patent Reform Act of 2009 have been introduced in the Senate, <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s515/show">S.515</a> by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s610/show">S.610</a> by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.).<ref>OpenCongress info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1260/show">Patent Reform Act of 2009</a></ref> </p> <h2> Articles and resources </h2> <h3> See also </h3> <ol><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Patent Reform Act of 2006">Patent Reform Act of 2006</a> </li></ol> <h3> References </h3> <p><references /> </p> <h3> External resources </h3> <h3> External articles </h3>

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