Changes

The '''Leahy-Smith America Invents Act''' of 2011 (AIA) changed the [[patent]] system in favor of big corporations and against small inventors.  The AIA embraced the mistaken notion of patents as being "public rights" dependent entirely on the whim of government.  The law reduced the value of patents by creating new ways to challenge a patent that has already been issued.  The full text of this 59-page bad law is available online.<ref>https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_implementation/20110916-pub-l112-29.pdf</ref>

The '''Leahy-Smith America Invents Act''' of 2011 (AIA) changed the [[patent]] system in favor of big corporations and against small inventors.  The AIA embraced the mistaken notion of patents as being "public rights" dependent entirely on the whim of government.  The law reduced the value of patents by creating new ways to challenge a patent that has already been issued.  The full text of this 59-page bad law is available online,<ref>https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_implementation/20110916-pub-l112-29.pdf</ref> and cites "inter partes" 60 times.

The AIA changed the ownership of patent rights from "the first to invent," to the "first to file," effective as of March 16, 2013.  Big companies that invent nothing can obtain patents rights superior to the inventor by merely filing first with the Patent & Trademark Office.  The AIA rewards filing for patents with priority over being the first to invent.

The AIA changed the ownership of patent rights from "the first to invent," to the "first to file," effective as of March 16, 2013.  Big companies that invent nothing can obtain patents rights superior to the inventor by merely filing first with the Patent & Trademark Office.  The AIA rewards filing for patents with priority over being the first to invent.