Law360, New York ( March 1, 2013, 1:21 PM EST) -- The America Invents Act, signed into law on Sept. 16, 2011, and implemented on a rolling basis through March 16, 2013, brought many changes to the United States patent system. This article discusses one of its central changes, the new first-to-file provisions of the AIA, and provides some suggestions as to how a company might adjust its patent procurement processes in order to best take advantage of the new provisions. For example, in view of the AIA's implementation of a first-to-file system, a company may want to consider alternative strategies to more efficiently generate and process invention disclosures and prepare and file patent applications....
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