In a bipartisan 89–9 vote, the Senate has passed H.R. 1249 without amendment. The Smith-Leahy America Invents Act will become law once signed by President Obama within the next week or so.
Read the Bill: PatentReformBillAsPassed.pdf (405 KB).
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