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                                NOVEMBER 22, 2013 
 
                         RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 113-28 

                       TEXT OF H.R. 3309, INNOVATION ACT 

           [Showing the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on 
                                 the Judiciary.] 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.-TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the 

3 "Innovation Act". 

4       (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

  Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
  Sec. 2. Definitions. 
  Sec. 3. Patent infringement actions. 
  Sec. 4. Transparency of patent ownership. 
  Sec. 5. Customer-suit exception. 
  Sec. 6. Procedures and practices to implement and 
           recommendations to the Judicial Conference. 
  Sec. 7. Small business education, outreach, and information access. 
  Sec. 8. Studies on patent transactions, quality, and examination. 
  Sec. 9. Improvements and technical corrections to the Leahy-Smith 
            America Invents Act. 
  Sec. 10. Effective date. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7       In this Act: 
8             (1) DIRECTOR.-The term "Director" means 
9       the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
10      Property and Director of the United States Patent 
11      and Trademark Office. 
12           (2) OFFICE.-The term "Office" means the 
13      United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

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