Cole Richter from my old law firm (MBHB) has written a short alert highlighting a number changes taking effect on September 16, 2012 at the USPTO.

• Third-party pre-issuance submissions allowed
• BPAI becomes the PTAB
• Inter partes review begins (September 15 last day to file for inter partes reexamination)
• Transitional post-grant review for business methods
• Changes to the inventor's oath
• Inventorship can now be corrected despite deceptive intent (by implication)

Read the alert.