Abbreviated Contents

H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act

• Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
• Sec. 2. Definitions.
• Sec. 3. First inventor to file.
• Sec. 4. Inventor’s oath or declaration.
• Sec. 5. Defense to infringement based on prior commercial use.
• Sec. 6. Post-grant review proceedings.
• Sec. 7. Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
• Sec. 8. Preissuance submissions by third parties.
• Sec. 9. Venue.
• Sec. 10. Fee setting authority.
• Sec. 11. Fees for patent services.
• Sec. 12. Supplemental examination.
• Sec. 13. Funding agreements.
• Sec. 14. Tax strategies deemed within the prior art.
• Sec. 15. Best mode requirement.
• Sec. 16. Marking.
• Sec. 17. Advice of counsel.
• Sec. 18. Transitional program for covered business method patents.
• Sec. 19. Jurisdiction and procedural matters
• Sec. 20. Technical amendments.
• Sec. 21. Travel expenses and payment of administrative judges.
• Sec. 22. Patent and Trademark Office funding.
• Sec. 23. Satellite offices.
• Sec. 24. Designation of Detroit satellite office.
• Sec. 25. Priority examination for important technologies.
• Sec. 26. Study on implementation.
• Sec. 27. Study on genetic testing.
• Sec. 28. Patent Ombudsman Program for small business concerns.
• Sec. 29. Establishment of methods for studying the diversity of applicants.
• Sec. 30. Sense of Congress.
• Sec. 31. USPTO study on international patent protections for small businesses.
• Sec. 32. Pro bono program.
• Sec. 33. Limitation on issuance of patents.
• Sec. 34. Study of patent litigation.
• Sec. 35. Effective date.
• Sec. 36. Budgetary effects.
• Sec. 37. Calculation of 60-day period for application of patent term extension.