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- Title
America Invents Act: The Switch to a First-to-File Patent System.
- Authors
Guffey, Wendell Ray; Schreiber, Kimberly
- Abstract
The article presents information on America Invents Act that focuses on the patent law and includes several provisions that will alter the U.S. patent law and practice of law. A focus is on the differences between the provisions of first-to-file patent system and the first-to-invent system. The advantages and the disadvantages of the switch form first-to-invent system followed in the U.S. to first-to-file system are also discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PATENT law; PRACTICE of law; CONSTITUTIONAL amendments; PATENT applications; INVENTION laws
- Publication
Journal of the Missouri Bar, 2012, Vol 68, Issue 3, p156
- ISSN
0026-6485
- Publication type
Article