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Legislation

• Pub.L. 112-29 (as signed by President Obama September 16, 2011)
• America Invents Act Effective Dates
• H.R. 1249 (as passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2011)
• HR 1249 (as introduced in the House of Representatives March 30, 2011)
• S 23 (as passed in the Senate March 8, 2011)
• S 23 (as introduced in the Senate January 25, 2011)

 

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Legislative History

Senate Debates and Votes

Date	Topic	Speakers
01/25/11	Senator Leahy Introducing S23 (S128)	N/A
02/28/11	Senator Bennet Remarks (S956)	N/A
02/28/11	Debate on S23 (S936 - S953)	Leahy, Hatch
03/01/11	Debate on S23 (part A) (S1030 - S1034)	Leahy, DeMint, Coons, Kirk
03/01/11	Debate on S23 (part B) (S1034 - S1051)	Toomey, McConnell, Leahy, Klobuchar, Lee, Kyl, Vitter, Coburn, Grassley, Boxer, Feinstein, Baucus, Bennett
03/01/11	Senator Menendez Remarks (S1052)	N/A
03/01/11	Senator Schumer Remarks (S1053)	N/A
03/02/11	Debate on S23 (S1089 - S1114)	Leahy, Grassley, Feinstein, Hatch, Boxer, Klobuchar, Rockefeller, Barrasso, Cardin, Kyl, Lee, Toomey, Durbin, Vitter, Menendez, Mikulski, Reid, Isakson
03/03/11	Senator Kyl Remarks (S1174)	N/A
03/03/11	Debate on S23 (part A) (S1175 - S1183)	Leahy, Coons, Bennett, Durbin, Cantwell, Feinstein, Risch, Stabenow
03/03/11	Debate on S23 (part B) (S1204 - S1213)	Leahy, Corker, Grassley, Whitehouse, Kyl, Coburn, Baucus, Reid
03/07/11	Debate on S23 (S1323 - S1326)	Leahy, Reid, Bennett, Sessions
03/08/11	Debate on S23 (part A) (S1348 - S1352)	Leahy, Udall
03/08/11	Debate on S23 (part B) (S1360 - S1394)	Leahy, Reid, Coburn, Pryor, Schumer, Kyl
03/09/11	Leahy and Hatch on First-Inventor-to-File  (S1496 - S1497)	N/A
03/10/11	Senator McCaskill Remarks (S1545)	N/A
06/13/11	Senator Grassley Remarks (S3713)	N/A
06/14/11	Senator Leahy Remarks (S3768)	N/A
09/06/11	Senator Kyl Remarks (S5319)	N/A
09/06/11	Senator Leahy Remarks (S5326 - S5328)	N/A
09/07/11	Senator Leahy Remarks (S5353 - S5355)	N/A
09/07/11	Senator Klobuchar Remarks (S5356 - S5357)	N/A
09/07/11	Debate on S23 (S5370 - S5378)	Reid, Paul, Durbin, Harkin, Leahy, Whitehouse
09/08/11	Debate on S23 (S5402 - S5443)	Sessions, Leahy, Grassley, Cantwell, Schumer, Hatch, Hoeven, Barrasso, Coburn, Kerry, Cornyn, Blunt, Kohl Pryor, Durbin, Levin, Kirk, Mikulski, McCain, Bennett

House Debates and Votes 

Date	Topic	Speakers
04/14/11	House Judiciary Mark-up Transcript	N/A
06/22/11	Debate on the rule (H4420-H4452)	Smith, Kaptur, Sensenbrenner, Goodlatte, Rohrabacher, Lofgren, Watt, Coble, Jackson Lee, Chabot, Manzullo, Bass, Quayle, Christensen, Pelosi, Wasserman Schultz, Gallegly
06/23/11	Rep. Smith Remarks (E1177)	N/A
06/23/11	Rep. Hirono Remarks (E1190)	N/A
06/23/11	Rep. Moran Remarks (E1189)	N/A
06/23/11	Rep. Pence Remarks (E1174)	N/A
06/23/11	Rep. West Remarks (E1191)	N/A
06/23/11	Rep. Smith Remarks (E1182)	N/A
06/23/11	Debate on HR 1249 (H4480-H4505)	Conyers, Smith, Rohrabacher, Baldwin, Moore, Jackson Lee, Lujan, Peters, Renacci, Polis, Goodlatte, Sherman, Markey, Neal, Pompeo, Garrett, Speier, Hoyer, Watt, Sensenbrenner, Schiff, Lofgren, Manzullo, Kaptur, Schock, Grimm, Waters, Crowley, Boren, Lungren, Schuster, Miller
06/24/11	Rep. Hollen Remarks (E1206)	N/A
06/24/11	Rep. Waxman Remarks (E1208)	N/A
06/24/11	Rep. Hoyer Remarks (E1201)	N/A
06/24/11	Rep. Blumenauar Remarks (E1198)	N/A
06/28/11	Rep. Smith Remarks (E1219)	N/A
07/07/11	Rep. Johnson Remarks (E1273)	N/A

Other

• Report on H.R. 1249, House Judiciary Committee (June 29, 2011)
• Hearing, House Judiciary Committee  (February 11, 2011)
• Hearing, House Appropriations Committee (March 2, 2011)
• Hearing, House Judiciary Committee (March 9, 2011)
• Hearing, House Judiciary Committee (March 10, 2011)
• Statement, USPTO Director David J. Kappos, House Appropriations Committee (March 2, 2011)
• Letter, House Appropriations Chairman Harold Rogers to Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (June 22, 2011)
• Letter, Senator Patrick Leahy to Senate Appropriations Leadership (June 29, 2011)

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USPTO/Administration Views

• Letter, USPTO Director David J. Kappos to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (June 1, 2011)
• Letter, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (May 31, 2011)
• Letter, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke  to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (April 20, 2010)
• Letter, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke  to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (October 5, 2009)

 

• Statement of Administrative Policy on H.R. 1249, Office of Management and Budget (June 21, 2011)
• Statement of Administrative Policy on S.23, Office of Management and Budget (February 28, 2011)

 

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Miscellaneous

• Bob Armitage, Understanding the America Invents Act and its Implications for Patenting, AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Volume 40, Number 1 (Winter 2012)
• AIA At-A-Glance (June 1, 2012)
• Joe Matal, A Guide to the Legislative History of the America Invents Act: Part I of II, 21 Fed. Cir. Bar J. 435 (2012)
• Joe Matal, A Guide to the Legislative History of the America Invents Act: Part II of II, 21 Fed. Cir. Bar J. 539 (2012)
• Congressional Budget Cost Estimate on H.R. 1249 (May 26, 2011)

 

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