Amendments to US Patent Law

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1、ATYAmendmentstoTitle35ofUnitedStatesCodeTheLeahy-SmithAmericaInventsAct(Act)thatwaspassedbytheSenateonSeptember8,2011amendsanumberofprovisionsoftitle35ofU.S.C.AstheActalsoamendsotherlaws,Ihavecompiledthefollowingreferencetablesfocusingonlyon123theamendmentstothePatentLawtoshowthechangesforeas

2、yreference.OncetheActissignedbythePresident(andifyouwishtoinsertthatdateconveniently),pleaseusethereplacefeatureinWordtoreplaceall“the$nactmentdate”totheactualdatethroughoutthisdocument.Insummary,71sections(notcountingindividualsubsections)oftheUSPatentlawhavebeenaffectedbytheActintotal.Twose

3、ctionshavebeenrepealed,18sections/subsectionshavebeensubstantiallyrewrittenintermsoftheamountofamendedtexts,and15newsectionshavebeenaddedtotitle35U.S.C.Pleaseinformmeifthereisanyerror.Thanks,ArthurYuan.1Ididn’tadoptedthechangestosection20(g)(3)(A)oftheActbecausetheamendmentstothe“CourtofFeder

4、alClaims”weremadein1992underThirdparagraph,Pub.L.102-572.2Ididn’tincorporatechangesinthesection20(j)(“UnnecessaryReferences”)oftheAct.3Prioritizedexaminationfeeof$4,800.00isestablishedundersection11(h)(1)(A)oftheActandtheeffectivedateis10daysafterthe$nactmentdate,pursuanttosection11(h)(4)ofth

5、eAct.1ATYA.SectionsofTitle35ofUnitedStatesCodethatwereamended(*denotesnewsection;**denotesrewrittensection;***denotesrepealedsection):AmendedsectionofTitle35AmendingsectionoftheActEffectivedatesectionoftheAct1.35U.S.C.§225352.35U.S.C.§320(i)(1)20(l)3.35U.S.C.§67(a)(1)-(2)7(e)(moreinfoneeded)4

6、.35U.S.C.§323(k)(1);9(a)3(k)(3);9(b)5.35U.S.C.§41(a)-(b)**11(a)-(e)11(j)35U.S.C.§41(h)(1)**10(h)(1)10(h)(2)6.35U.S.C.§1003(a3(n)(1)7.35U.S.C.§102**3(b)3(n)(1)8.35U.S.C.§103**3(c)3(n)(1)9.35U.S.C.§104***3(d)3(n)(1)10.35U.S.C.§111(a)4(a)(3)4(e)35U.S.C.§111(b)(1)(A)and(2)4(d)4(e)35U.S.C.§111(b)(

7、8)3(e)(2)3(e)(3)11.35U.S.C.§1124(c)4(e)12.35U.S.C.§115**4(a)(1)and(a)(4)4(e)13.35U.S.C.§11620(a)20(l)14.35U.S.C.§118**4(b)(1)4(e)15.35U.S.C.§119(a)3(g)(6)3(n)(1)35U.S.C.§119(e)(1)15(b)15(c)16.35U.S.C.§12015(b)15(c)17.35U.S.C.§1214(a)(2)4(e)18