Lamar Smith: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 5, strike ``America Invents Act'' and insert ``Leahy-Smith America Invents Act''. Page 4, lines 10 and 22, strike ``5(a)(1)'' and insert ``5(a)''. Page 16, line 1, insert after the period the following: ``In appropriate circumstances, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board may correct the naming of the inventor in any application or patent at issue.''. Page 25, strike line 13 and all that follows through page 27, line 2, and redesignate the succeeding subsections accordingly. Page 27, line 4, strike ``registration''. Page 27, line 5, strike ``inventor to use'' and insert ``to invent''. Page 27, line 6, insert ``and the useful arts'' after ``science''. Page 27, line 9, strike ``granted by the'' and insert ``provided by the grant of''. Page 27, line 12, strike ``registration''. Page 27, line 13, strike ``inventor to use'' and insert ``to invent''. Page 27, lines 14 and 15, strike ``harmonize the United States patent registration system with the patent registration systems'' and insert ``improve the United States patent system and promote harmonization of the United States patent system with the patent systems''. Page 27, line 18, strike ``a greater sense of'' and insert ``greater''.…”