As we approach the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the America Invents Act (AIA), we highlight below several important provisions that will take effect as of September 16, 2012.
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[1] 35 U.S.C. §6.
[2] 35 U.S.C. §§311-19.
[3] 35 U.S.C. §§321-29.
[4] 35 U.S.C. Section 18.
[5] 35 U.S.C. § 257.
[6] 35 U.S.C. §301.
[7] 35 U.S.C. §122(e).
[8] 35 U.S.C. §282.
[9] 35 U.S.C. §115.
[10] 35 U.S.C. § 121.
[11] 35 U.S.C. § 118.
[12] 35 U.S.C. §§ 116, 256.
[13] 35 U.S.C. §184-85.
[14] 35 U.S.C. §251.
[15] 35 U.S.C. §§ 253, 288.
[16] 35 U.S.C. §298.
[17] 35 U.S.C. §2(b)(2).
* Not retroactive to patents issued before, applications filed before, or proceedings commenced before (as the case may be) September 16, 2012.
† Retroactive to patents issued before, applications filed before, or proceedings commenced before (as the case may be) September 16, 2012.