America Invents Act Enacted into Law on September 16, 2011

On Friday, September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act at a signing ceremony at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA. The U.S. Senate voted on September 8, 2011, to reform U.S. patent laws by approving the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, with identical provisions to H.R. 1249, which was approved by the House of Representatives on June 23, 2011.

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