01/11/2016
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"As we implement these changes in the patent system, we need to ensure that the new post grant review and other proceedings provide simple, cost-effective methods for raising challenges."
"The key reforms incorporated in the America Invents Act... are far too numerous to recite in the time I have."
"I do want to acknowledge one that unified virtually all Members of this Committee, and that is full funding for the Patent and Trademark Office."
"The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act was a monumental achievement and the first significant legislative overhaul of the patent system in over 50 years."