The spark of an idea for an invention may flare up in the middle of the night, or at any time or place, according to Sridhar Deivasigamani, founder and president of a company that makes tankless water heaters. Deivasigamani, whose ...

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Inventors have several things to consider as America shifts from a first-to-invent country to a first-to-file a patent application system. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed into law Sept. 16, is being phased in, leaving many questions about how it ...

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Two Atlanta attorneys will be in Rochester on Thursday to talk about “The Effect of the America Invents Act on Small Businesses.” The lecture will be presented by J. Gibson Lanier, an associate in the Intellectual Property and Patent Group ...

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Reaction from college and university representatives to the America Invents Act ranged from praise to concern — mainly focusing on the potential for premature filings and a decrease in collaborative efforts as a result of the first inventor to file provision that takes effect in 2013.

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Federal lawmakers gave the U.S. patent system its first major overhaul since 1952 last week, when the U.S. Senate passed the America Invents Act 89 to 9. But will the law, which has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives and will now go to President Barack Obama ...

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WASHINGTON — The Senate is close to passing and sending to the president a major overhaul of the patent system. The measure could make it easier for innovators to get their products to market and put more people to work.

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WASHINGTON — The Senate is close to passing and sending to the president a major overhaul of the patent system. The measure could make it easier for innovators to get their products to market and put more people to work.

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Just days after the Senate passed a patent reform measure that would bring the United States’ patent laws in line with those of most other countries, a companion bill was introduced in the House.

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