113 S866 IS: Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 U.S. Senate 2013-05-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 866 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 6, 2013 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make improvements to the transitional program for covered business method patents, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013.

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Improvements to transitional program for covered business method patents

Section 18 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (35 U.S.C. 321 note) is amended— (1)by striking subsection (a)(3); and (2)in subsection (d)(1), by striking a financial product or and inserting an enterprise, product, or.