05/12/2014
https://www.congress.gov...
"This year, we are working to make additional progress by modernizing the United States patent system."
"We cannot be in the 21st century with a 50-year-old system, and we will bring it up-to-date."
"The Patent Reform Act is about jobs, about innovation; it is also about consumers."
"Unquestionably for IBM, patent reform will increase the value of our company in a number of ways."