[U.S.] Senate passes patent office reforms

[Daniel Christian]

[U.S.] Senate passes patent office reforms –from TheStreet.com
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/11036224/1/senate-passes-patent-office-reforms.html

BOSTON (TheStreet) — The most comprehensive overhaul of U.S. patent
law since the 1950s was approved by the U.S. Senate last week.

The America Invents Act, approved by a 95-5 vote, is intended to
minimize the 700,000-application backlog faced by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, deter the diversion of its revenue to other
government agencies and establish a system that grants patents to the
first person to file an application, rather than having to determine
who was first to produce a product.

From DSC:
I’m hopeful that this will encourage innovations within the world of
educational technologies and better support educational
entrepreneurship.