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The U.S. Trade and Patent Office is implementing the final provisions of the America Invents Act that was signed into law two years ago. In a 160-page document that will [...]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is beginning to establish standards for implementing provisions from the America Invents Act, which becomes effective in March of next year. The patent [...]

David Kappos, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, told lawmakers on Wednesday that his office has reduced its backlog of applications for utility patents to 640,491--the 'lowest level [...]

Sadly, the misnamed 'America Invents Act' (expected to be considered by the House this Wednesday) will not improve our patent system; rather, it is business as usual in Congress, favoring [...]

Advocacy groups are looking over possible changes to a patent reform bill, with some threatening to withdraw their support for the long-awaited legislation. The sticking point is a provision that [...]

Patent reform legislation favored by the biopharmaceutical industry is receiving key support in the House after sailing through the Senate. Reps. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) and Dan Boren (D-Okla.) are circulating [...]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce came out in support of the bipartisan patent reform bill on Tuesday as opposition to one of the bill's key provisions grows in the House. [...]

'Then we're agreed. The rules on patents will apply to everyone except our banker friends here.' Our Founding Fathers would never have let this sort of thing happen. But that's [...]

House Republicans next week plan to take up a patent reform bill that is similar in some ways, but not identical, to one the Senate approved in March. The bill, [...]