Download or read book Patent Reform in the 111th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. 1260, S. 515, and S. 610) also would address several issues of concern, including the quality of issued patents, the expense and complexity of patent litigation, harmonization of U. S. patent law with the laws of our leading trading partners, potential abuses committed by patent speculators, and the special needs of individual inventors, universities, and small firms with respect to the patent [...] The passage of the American Inventors Protection Act in the 106th Congress made several changes to the patent laws, including U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) publication of certain patent applications prior to grant and patent term restoration for delays caused by the USPTO during grant proceedings.3 Several studies completed since the enactment of that legislation, including those by th [...] Congressional Research Service 4 Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Innovation Issues When analyzing the validity of these competing views, it is important to note the lack of rigorous analytical methods available for studying the effect of the patent law upon the U. S. economy as a whole. [...] Among these issues are concern for the quality of issued patents, the expense and complexity of patent litigation, harmonization of U. S. patent law with the laws of our leading trading partners, potential abuses committed by patent speculators, and the special needs of individual inventors, universities, and small firms with respect to the patent system. [...] If the inventor has not filed his patent application at the USPTO as of August 1, 2008, the date of the foreign patent grant, any patent application that the inventor subsequently filed in the United States would be defeated.