SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) ADVICE OF COUNSEL.—Notwithstanding section 
35 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (35 U.S.C. 
1 note), section 298 of title 35, United States Code, shall 
apply to any civil action commenced on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM FOR COVERED BUSI-
NESS METHOD PATENTS.—Section 18 of the Leahy-Smith 
America Invents Act (35 U.S.C. 321 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C)((i), by striking ‘‘of 
such title’’ the second place it appears; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 
(c) JOINDER OF PARTIES.—Section 299(a) of title 
35, United States Code, is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘or counterclaim defend-
ants only if’’ and inserting ‘‘only if’’. 
(d) DEAD ZONES.— 
(1) INTER PARTES REVIEW.—Section 311(c) of 
title 35, United States Code, shall not apply to a pe-
tition to institute an inter partes review of a patent 
that is not a patent described in section 3(n)(1) of 
the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (35 U.S.C. 
100 note).
(2) REISSUE.—Section 311(c)(1) of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or 
issuance of a reissue of a patent’’. 
(e) CORRECT INVENTOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 135(e) of title 35, 
United States Code, as amended by section 3(i) of 
the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, is amended 
by striking ‘‘correct inventors’’ and inserting ‘‘cor-
rect inventor’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall be effective as if included in 
the amendment made by section 3(i) of the Leahy- 
Smith America Invents Act. 
(f) INVENTOR’S OATH OR DECLARATION.—Section 
115 of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 
4 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) TIME FOR FILING.—The applicant for patent 
shall provide each required oath or declaration under sub-
section (a), substitute statement under subsection (d), or 
recorded assignment meeting the requirements of sub-
section (e) no later than the date on which the issue fee 
for the patent is paid.’’; and
(2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘who 
claims’’ and inserting ‘‘that claims’’. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES AND PAYMENT OF ADMINIS-
TRATIVE JUDGES.—Notwithstanding section 35 of the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (35 U.S.C. 1 note), the 
amendments made by section 21 of the Leahy-Smith 
America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29; 125 Stat. 335) 
shall be effective as of September 16, 2011. 
(h) PATENT TERM ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 154(b) 
of title 35, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), by striking 
‘‘on which an international application fulfilled 
the requirements of section 371 of this title’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of commencement of the na-
tional stage under section 371 in an inter-
national application’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘the applica-
tion in the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
application under section 111(a) in the United 
States or, in the case of an international appli-
cation, the date of commencement of the na-
tional stage under section 371 in the inter-
national application’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘with 
the written notice of allowance of the application 
under section 151’’ and inserting ‘‘no later than the 
date of issuance of the patent’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a determination made by 
the Director under paragraph (3) shall have 
remedy’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director’s decision 
on the applicant’s request for reconsideration 
under paragraph (3)(B)(ii) shall have exclusive 
remedy’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the grant of the patent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the date of the Director’s deci-
sion on the applicant’s request for reconsider-
ation’’. 
(i) IMPROPER APPLICANT.—Section 373 of title 35, 
United States Code, and the item relating to that section 
in the table of sections for chapter 37 of such title, are 
repealed. 
(j) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CLARIFICATIONS.— 
Section 42(c)(3) of title 35, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘sections 41, 42, and 376,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this title,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘a share of the administra-
tive costs of the Office relating to patents’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a proportionate share of the adminis-
trative costs of the Office’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a share 
of the administrative costs of the Office relating to 
trademarks’’ and inserting ‘‘a proportionate share of 
the administrative costs of the Office’’. 
(k) DERIVATION PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 135(a) of title 35, 
United States Code, as amended by section 3(i) of 
the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An applicant for patent 
may file a petition with respect to an invention to 
institute a derivation proceeding in the Office. The 
petition shall set forth with particularity the basis 
for finding that an individual named in an earlier 
application as the inventor or a joint inventor de-
rived such invention from an individual named in the 
petitioner’s application as the inventor or a joint in-
ventor and, without authorization, the earlier appli-
cation claiming such invention was filed. Whenever 
the Director determines that a petition filed under