I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Deceptive Patent Practices Reduction Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Transparency of patent ownership. Sec. 4. Customer stay. Sec. 5. Small business education, outreach, and information access. Sec. 6. Codification of the double-patenting doctrine for first- inventor-to-file patents. Sec. 7. Technical corrections to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Sec. 8. Reports. Sec. 9. Effective date. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (2) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the United States Patent and Trademark Office. SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY OF PATENT OWNERSHIP.…
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