Subtitle B reduces patent fees for the second year in a row, increases trademark fees, and requires the PTO to conduct a study of alternative fee structures that could be adopted to encourage U.S. inventors to apply for patents. Subtitle E requires publication of U.S. patent applications that are published abroad and gives inventors a provisional royalty right upon publication.
Reexamination is far less expensive than lawsuits.
Under Subtitle F, requesters of reexamination can file written comments and appeal to the PTO administrative board, although not to court. Such requesters are barred from a later lawsuit on any issue they raised or could have raised in reexamination. Subtitle H consists of eight largely-unrelated provisions that make needed clarifying and technical changes in the Patent Act.