17 January 2013Patents

Obama scraps ‘dead zone’ in AIA amendments

US President Barack Obama signed a bill to update the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) on Monday.

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1 December 2012   On September 16, 2011, President Barack Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA).
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