Amendments to Titles of United States Code by America Invents Act of 2011

Arthur Tan-Chi Yuan, The John Marshall Law School

Abstract

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Act) that was signed by President Obama on September 16, 2011 amends provisions of titles 28, 35, 42, and 51 of U.S.C. This compilation focuses on the amendments to these laws to show the changes for easy reference. In summary, 74 sections (not counting individual subsections) of the US Patent law have been affected by the Act in total. Four sections have been repealed, 18 sections/subsections have been substantially rewritten in terms of the amount of amended texts, and 17 new sections/subsections have been added to title 35 U.S.C. With respect to title 28 of the United States Code, 3 sections have been amended. With respect to title 42 of the United States Code, 1 section has been amended. With respect to title 51 of the United States Code, 1 section has been amended.