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Intellectual Property,
Government,
Administrative/Regulatory

Apr. 2, 2025

Is federal patent law reform on the horizon?

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Michelle E. Armond

Partner
Armond Wilson LLP

Intellectual Property

UC Berkeley School of Law, bachelor's in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology

Monica M. Arnold

Senior Associate
Armond Wilson LLP

Is federal patent law reform on the horizon?

Patent law reform is on the horizon again in Washington, D.C. The last major patent legislation occurred almost 15 years ago when Congress enacted the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011. The AIA changed U.S. patent law to a first-to-file system to harmonize with other countries, and created the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the U.S. Patent Office for streamlined administrative trials challenging patent validity.

Several patent reform bills are now making their...

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