August 04, 2005

Patent Reform Bill Introduced

As reported on the American Chemical Society web site, a patent reform bill (Patent Reform Act of 2005, H.R. 2795) has been introduced in the House of Representatives. The most drastic change introduced by the bill would change the United States patent system into a "first to file" rather than the "first to invent" system. The process of "first to file" is similar to the European and Japan systems.

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