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4 1 SEC. 3. FIRST INVENTOR TO FILE. 2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 100 of title 35, United 3 States Code, is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘or inter 5 partes reexamination under section 311’’; and 6 (2) by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(f) The term ‘inventor’ means the individual or, if 8 a joint invention, the individuals collectively who invented 9 or discovered the subject matter of the invention. 10 ‘‘(g) The terms ‘joint inventor’ and ‘coinventor’ mean 11 any 1 of the individuals who invented or discovered the 12 subject matter of a joint invention. 13 ‘‘(h) The term ‘joint research agreement’ means a 14 written contract, grant, or cooperative agreement entered 15 into by 2 or more persons or entities for the performance 16 of experimental, developmental, or research work in the 17 field of the claimed invention. 18 ‘‘(i)(1) The term ‘effective filing date’ for a claimed 19 invention in a patent or application for patent means— 20 ‘‘(A) if subparagraph (B) does not apply, the 21 actual filing date of the patent or the application for 22 the patent containing a claim to the invention; or 23 ‘‘(B) the filing date of the earliest application 24 for which the patent or application is entitled, as to 25 such invention, to a right of priority under section •HR 1249 EH