PATENT REFORM ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 23), S936, S950, S952, S956, S957, S979 [28FE], S1032, S1033, S1037, S1045, S1052, S1071, S1073, S1074 [1MR], S1092, S1093, S1109, S1112, S1146, S1164 [2MR], S1175, S1183, S1206, S1239 [3MR], S1265, S1306 [4MR], S1324, S1331 [7MR], S1362 [8MR]

Analyses

Provisions (S. 23): First-Inventor-To-File Patent System Provisions, S1092 [2MR]

Articles and editorials

Delivering Innovation and Jobs Through Patent Reform, S1111 [2MR]

Much Ado About Nothing Over First To File, S1043 [1MR]

Patenting Innovation, S1177 [3MR]

Patents, Reform and the Little Guy, S1350 [8MR]

Senate To Vote on Patent Reform, First To File Fight Looms, S1042 [1MR]

U.S. Sets 21st-Century Goal—Building a Better Patent Office, S1030 [1MR]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 23), S122 [25JA]

Cloture motions

Enact (S. 23), S1213 [3MR], S1323 [7MR]

Descriptions

Provisions (S. 23): Republican Policy Committee, S1365 [8MR]

Letters

America Invents Act: Brian Donohue, HRB Digital LLC, S1201 [3MR]

———David B. Auclair, Grant Thornton LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———KPMG LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———several financial organizations, S1200 [3MR]

Maintain grace period for inventors to protect their rights relative to disclosure, public use, or sale of their inventions before filing a patent application: several startups and small businesses, S1095 [2MR]

Patent and Trademark Office transitional post-grant review proceeding for review of the validity of covered business-method patents: Stephen J. Verdier, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S1365 [8MR]

Provisions: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S1110 [2MR]

———Douglas K. Norman, Intellectual Property Owners Association, S950 [28FE], S1091 [2MR]

———Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, S1091 [2MR], S1178 [3MR]

———Louis J. Foreman, Inventors Digest (publication), S1105 [2MR]

———Marla Grossman, Coalition for Patent and Trademark Information Dissemination, S949 [28FE]

———several university, medical college, and higher education associations, S1177 [3MR]

———Steven J. Goldberg, BASF Corp., S1092 [2MR]

Transition from a first-to-invent patent system to a first-inventor-to-file patent system: Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, S1177, S1209 [3MR]

———Marylee Jenkins, ABA, S1092 [2MR]

Lists

Independent inventors supporting S. 23, provisions, S1105 [2MR]

Manufacturers and innovators supporting S. 23, provisions, S950 [28FE]

Organizations supporting transition from a first-to-invent patent system to a first-inventor-to-file patent system, S1098 [2MR], S1178 [3MR]

Motions

Enact (S. 23), S1050 [1MR], S1183 [3MR]

Press releases

Provisions: Coalition for 21st Centrury Patent Reform, S950 [28FE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, S957 [28FE], S1039 [1MR], S1107, S1109-S1111 [2MR]

Dept. of Defense: funding, S1192 [3MR]

Elijah J. McCoy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Detroit, MI: designate, S1183 [3MR]

Enact (S. 23), S130-S142 [25JA], S936-S953, S956, S957 [28FE], S1023, S1030-S1047, S1049-S1054 [1MR], S1077, S1089-S1099, S1104-S1113 [2MR], S1171, S1174-S1179, S1181-S1184, S1198-S1202, S1204-S1206, S1208-S1213 [3MR], S1322-S1326 [7MR], S1348-S1350, S1352, S1357, S1360-S1394 [8MR], S1496, S1497 [9MR], S1545 [10MR], S1746 [16MR], S2601 [3MY]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S927 [17FE], S1362 [8MR]

False Claims Act: abolish the qui tam provisions of patent law to protect against frivolous and vexatious lawsuits concerning the false patent marking statute, S1368 [8MR]

NSF: include public institutions of higher education in the definition of a micro entity in eligible Office of Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdictions, S1324 [7MR], S1362 [8MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish a Patent Ombudsman Program to provide a fast lane for small businesses to receive information and support regarding patent filing issues, S1033 [1MR]

———establish and implement a transitional post-grant review proceeding for review of the validity of covered business-method patents, S1363-S1365 [8MR]

———establish as a self-funding agency, S1053 [1MR]

———establish regional offices, S956, S957 [28FE], S1324, S1325 [7MR]

———prioritize examination of patent applications for technologies important to American competitiveness, S1052 [1MR], S1112 [2MR], S1179 [3MR]

———prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, S1046, S1052 [1MR], S1209-S1212 [3MR]

Patents: apportionment of damages in patent lawsuits, S1049, S1050 [1MR]

———clarify patent-defeating disclosures, S1496, S1497 [9MR]

———limit patentability of tax planning methods, S1198-S1202, S1212 [3MR], S1367 [8MR]

———maintain grace period for inventors to protect their rights relative to disclosure, public use, or sale of their inventions before filing an application, S1094, S1096, S1112 [2MR], S1182 [3MR]

———require that proposed changes to false marking laws apply only to prospective cases, S1545 [10MR]

———transition from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, S1089-S1098, S1104, S1105, S1112 [2MR], S1171, S1174-S1179, S1181-S1183, S1208 [3MR], S1325 [7MR], S2601 [3MY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs, S1098 [2MR]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached, S1045, S1046, S1049, S1050 [1MR]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached, S952 [28FE], S1035 [1MR]

Senate: tribute to Senators and staff who worked on S. 23, provisions, S1380, S1393 [8MR]

Small business: allow a fee reduction for certain businesses participating in the Track I patent examination program, S956 [28FE]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 23), S543 [3FE]

Statements

Provisions: Coalition for 21st Centrury Patent Reform, S1208 [3MR]

———Executive Office of the President, S1030 [1MR]

———Intellectual Property Owners Association, S950 [28FE]

Summaries

Provisions (S. 23): Managers' Amendment, S1366 [8MR]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 23, provisions, S1380 [8MR]

Texts of

S. 23, provisions, S131-S142 [25JA], S936-S948 [28FE], S1381-S1393 [8MR]