The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act : Innovation Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Patents.

Investments.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (24 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-2014 in the 2012 issue.

Provides overview of patent system fundamentals. Outlines provisions of P.L. 112-29, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, also known as the America Invents Act, which makes various changes to current patent law and makes notable reforms to administrative patent challenge proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

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