(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(13) providing that for all purposes under this 
chapter— 
‘‘(A) each claim of a patent shall be con-
strued as such claim would be in a civil action 
to invalidate a patent under section 282(b), in-
cluding construing each claim of the patent in 
accordance with the ordinary and customary 
meaning of such claim as understood by one of 
ordinary skill in the art and the prosecution his-
tory pertaining to the patent; and 
‘‘(B) if a court has previously construed the 
claim or a claim term in a civil action in which 
the patent owner was a party, the Office shall 
consider such claim construction; and 
‘‘(14) providing that a review may not be insti-
tuted unless the petitioner certifies that the petitioner 
and the real parties in interest of the petitioner— 
‘‘(A) do not own and will not acquire a fi-
nancial instrument (including a prepaid vari-
able forward contract, equity swap, collar, or ex-
change fund) that is designed to hedge or offset 
any decrease in the market value of an equity se-
curity of the patent owner or an affiliate of the 
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patent owner, during a period following the fil-
ing of the petition to be determined by the Direc-
tor; and 
‘‘(B) have not demanded payment, mone-
tary or otherwise, from the patent owner or an 
affiliate of the patent owner in exchange for a 
commitment not to file a petition under section 
311 with respect to the patent that is the subject 
of the petition, unless the petitioner or the real 
party in interest of the petitioner has been sued 
for or charged with infringement of the patent, 
during a period to be determined by the Direc-
tor.’’. 
(3) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the Leahy-Smith 
America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29; 126 Stat. 
329; 35 U.S.C. 321 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘Section 321(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘Sections 321(c) and 
326(a)(13)’’. 
(4) DECLARATION EVIDENCE.— 
(A) PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO PETITION 
FOR
INTER
PARTES
REVIEW.—Section 313 of 
title 35, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, 
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including affidavits or declarations of sup-
porting evidence and opinions.’’. 
(B) PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO PETITION 
FOR POST-GRANT REVIEW.—Section 323 of title 
35, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, including 
affidavits or declarations of supporting evidence 
and opinions.’’. 
(5) RIGHT OF DUE PROCESS.— 
(A) 
INTER
PARTES
REVIEW.—Section 
316(b) of title 35, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and the ability’’ and inserting 
‘‘the rights to due process of the patent owner 
and the petitioner, and the ability’’. 
(B) POST-GRANT REVIEW.—Section 326(b) 
of title 35, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘and the ability’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
rights to due process of the patent owner and the 
petitioner, and the ability’’. 
(6) SERIAL
OR
REDUNDANT
PETITIONS.—The 
Director shall designate as precedential (and may 
change the designation as the Director determines to 
be appropriate), with respect to the application of 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 325 of title 35, 
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United States Code, the decisions of the Patent Trial 
and Appeal Board in each of the following decisions: 
(A) Dell Inc. v. Electronics and Telecomms. 
Research 
Inst., 
IPR2015–00549, 
Paper 
(PTAB Mar. 26, 2015). 
(B) Zimmer Holdings, Inc. v. Bonutti Skel-
etal Innovations LLC, IPR2014–01080, Paper 
17 (PTAB Oct. 31, 2014). 
(C) Prism Pharma Co., Ltd. v. Choongwae 
Pharma 
Corp., 
IPR2014–00315, 
Paper 
(PTAB July 8, 2014). 
(D) Unilever, Inc. v. The Procter & Gamble 
Co., IPR2014–00506, Paper 17 (PTAB July 7, 
2014). 
(7) PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO INTER PARTES 
REVIEW AMENDMENT.— 
(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 313 of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Director 
may accept a reply by the petitioner to new 
issues raised in the preliminary response, upon 
request by the petitioner to file such reply, with-
in a time period set by the Director.’’ 
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(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
314 of title 35, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘any 
response’’ and inserting ‘‘any response or 
reply’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘receiving a preliminary response to 
the petition’’ and inserting ‘‘receiving 
the later of a preliminary response to 
the petition or a reply to such prelimi-
nary response’’; and 
(II) by amending paragraph (2) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) if— 
‘‘(A) no such preliminary response is filed, 
the last date on which such response may be 
filed; and 
‘‘(B) such preliminary response is filed and 
no such reply is requested, the last day on which 
such reply may be requested.’’. 
(8) EFFECTIVE DATE, REGULATIONS, AND TRAN-
SITION FOR SHORT SALES.— 
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(A) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Sections 316(a)(15) 
and 326(a)(14) of title 35, United States Code, 
as added by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(B) REGULATIONS
REQUIRED.—Not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director shall issue regulations to 
carry out sections 316(a)(15) and 326(a)(14) of 
title 35, United States Code, as added by para-
graphs (1) and (2). 
(C) TRANSITION.—During the period that 
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ends on the date of the issuance of the regu-
lations required pursuant to subparagraph (B), 
a petition filed under chapter 31 or 32 of title 
35, United States Code, on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act may not be instituted 
unless the petitioner certifies that the petitioner 
and the real parties in interest of such peti-
tioner— 
(i) do not own a financial instrument 
described 
in 
sections 
316(a)(15) 
and 
326(a)(14) of title 35, United States Code, 
as added by paragraphs (1) and (2), during 
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the one-week period following the date on 
which the petition is filed; and 
(ii) have not demanded anything of 
value from the patent owner or an affiliate 
of the patent owner during the period be-
tween September 16, 2012, and the date of 
the filing of the petition. 
(9) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided, the amendments made by this subsection shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and shall apply to any proceeding under chapter 31 
or 32 of title 35, United States Code, as the case may 
be, for which the petition for review is filed on or 
after such effective date. 
(c) CODIFICATION OF THE DOUBLE-PATENTING DOC-
TRINE.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) CONDITIONS FOR PATENTABILITY; NOV-
ELTY.—Section 102 of title 35, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) DOUBLE-PATENTING PRIOR ART.—If a first 
claimed invention in a first patent was effectively filed on 
or before the effective filing date of a second claimed inven-
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tion in a second patent or in the application on which the 
second patent issues, and the first claimed invention is not 
otherwise prior art to the second claimed invention under 
this section, then the first claimed invention shall, notwith-
standing the other subsections of this section, constitute 
prior art to the second claimed invention under this sub-
section unless— 
‘‘(1) the second claimed invention is consonant 
with a requirement for restriction under the first sen-
tence of section 121 with respect to the claims issued 
in the first patent; or 
‘‘(2) an election has been recorded in the Office 
by the owner of the second patent or the application 
on which the second patent issues disclaiming the 
right to bring or maintain a civil action under sec-
tion 281 to enforce the second patent, except that such 
disclaimer shall not apply if— 
‘‘(A) the relief being sought in the civil ac-
tion would not constitute a cause of action 
barred by res judicata had the asserted claims of 
the second patent been issued in the first patent; 
and 
‘‘(B) the owner of the first patent or the ap-
plication on which the first patent issues has re-
corded an election limiting the enforcement of the 
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first patent relative to the second patent in the 
manner described in this paragraph, the owner 
of the first patent is a party to the civil action, 
or a separate action under section 281 to enforce 
the first patent can no longer be brought or 
maintained.’’. 
(B) 
DIVISIONAL
APPLICATIONS.—Section 
121 of title 35, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the third sentence. 
(C) LIMITATIONS.—Paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 154(b) of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) PATENTS SUBJECT TO ELECTION.—If 
a patent is subject to an election as described in 
section 102(e)(2) with respect to one or more 
other patents, the adjusted term of the patent 
under this subsection may not exceed a period of 
17 years from the date of issuance of any of such 
other patents and the portion of any adjustment 
of the term of the patent under this subsection 
that extends beyond the expiration of such 17- 
year period years shall be void.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND 
OTHER TRANSITION PROVISIONS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall be effective as if included 
in the amendment made by section 3(b)(1) of the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 
112–29). 
(B) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—If a second claimed 
invention in a second patent issued before the 
date of the enactment of this Act is subject to the 
amendments made by paragraph (1) and would 
not have been invalid had the amendments made 
by paragraph (1) and the provisions of this 
paragraph not been enacted, then, notwith-
standing section 102(e) of title 35, United States 
Code, as added by paragraph (1), prior art 
under such section 102(e) may not be considered 
in determining the validity of such second 
claimed invention. 
(C) PROVISIONAL
REJECTIONS
TO
CON-
TINUE.—If a first claimed invention in a first 
application for patent subject to the amendments 
under paragraph (1) would, if issued as a pat-
ent, constitute prior art under section 102(e) of 
title 35, United States Code, as added by para-
graph (1), with respect to a second claimed in-
vention in a second application, the first claimed 
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invention may be provisionally cited by the Of-
fice as prior art in a notice under section 132 
of title 35, United States Code, in connection 
with the examination of the second claimed in-
vention. 
(D) PATENT
TERM; RULE
OF
CONSTRUC-
TION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the term of a pat-
ent is based upon the amendments made to 
subsection (a) of section 154, title 35, 
United States Code, by the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (Public Law 103–465; 108 
Stat. 4809)— 
(I) the patent term as provided 
under subsection (a) of such section 
154, any adjustment to said term as 
provided under subsection (b) of such 
section 154, and any extension of such 
term as provided under section 156 of 
title 35, United States Code, shall not 
constitute, nor be deemed by the Office 
or the courts to constitute, an unjusti-
fied period of protection under the pat-
ent or an unjustified extension of the 
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right to exclude under the patent rel-
ative to an earlier-expiring patent; 
(II) the Office shall not condition 
the issuance of such a patent on a dis-
claimer of any portion of the term of 
the patent; and 
(III) the Office may condition the 
issuance of such a patent on the mak-
ing of an election as described in sec-
tion 102(e)(2) of title 35, United States 
Code, as added by paragraph (1) in 
lieu of the filing of a disclaimer with 
respect to the ownership or separate 
enforcement of the patent that would 
otherwise be required by the Office in 
cases of non-statutory double pat-
enting. 
(ii) DISCLAIMERS IN PENDING APPLI-
CATIONS.—A terminal disclaimer made in 
connection with an application for patent 
with respect to one or more other applica-
tions or patents shall be given no effect and 
shall be treated as having never been made 
if— 
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prior art to the other claimed invention 
under section 102 of title 35, United States 
Code, as in effect on the day prior to the ef-
fective date of the amendments made by sec-
tion 3(b)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America 
Invents Act. 
(F) EFFECT
OF
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION 
AND
EXCLUSIVE
RULES.—Subparagraphs (D) 
and (E) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, except that they shall not apply 
to any defense raised in a civil action brought 
before such date. 
(d) PTO PATENT REVIEWS.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION.— 
(A) 
SCOPE
OF
PRIOR
ART.—Section 
18(a)(1)(C)(i) of the Leahy-Smith America In-
vents Act (35 U.S.C. 321 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 102(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (e) of section 102’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
apply to any proceeding pending on, or filed on 
or after, such date of enactment. 
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(2) AUTHORITY
TO
WAIVE
FEE.—Subject to 
available resources, the Director may waive payment 
of a filing fee for a transitional proceeding described 
under section 18(a) of the Leahy-Smith America In-
vents Act (35 U.S.C. 321 note). 
(3) PROCEEDING
CONSOLIDATION
CLARIFICA-
TION.—Section 315(c) of title 35, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) JOINDER.— 
‘‘(1) JOINDER OF PARTY.—If the Director insti-
tutes an inter partes review, the Director, in his or 
her discretion, may join as a party to that inter 
partes review any person who meets the requirement 
of properly filing a petition under section 311 that 
the Director, after receiving a preliminary response 
under section 313 or the expiration of the time for fil-
ing such a response, determines warrants the institu-
tion of an inter partes review under section 314. 
‘‘(2) JOINDER OF LATER FILED PETITION.—For 
good cause shown, the Director may allow a party 
who files a petition that meets the requirement de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and concerns the patent of 
a pending inter partes review to join the petition to 
the pending review.’’. 
(e) CLARIFICATION OF JURISDICTION.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—An action or claim arises 
under an Act of Congress relating to patents if such 
action or claim— 
(A) necessarily requires resolution of a dis-
puted question as to the validity of a patent or 
the scope of a patent claim; or 
(B) is an action or claim for legal mal-
practice that arises from an attorney’s conduct 
in relation to an action or claim arising under 
an Act of Congress relating to patents (including 
as described in paragraph (1)). 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall apply to all cases filed on or after, 
or pending on, the date of the enactment of this 
Act; and 
(B) shall not apply to a case in which a 
Federal court has issued a ruling on whether the 
case or a claim arises under any Act of Congress 
relating to patents or plant variety protection 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) PATENT PILOT PROGRAM IN CERTAIN DISTRICT 
COURTS DURATION.— 
(1) DURATION.—Section 1(c) of Public Law 
111–349 (124 Stat. 3674; 28 U.S.C. 137 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(c) DURATION.—The program established under sub-
section (a) shall be maintained using existing resources, 
and shall terminate 20 years after the end of the 6-month 
period described in subsection (b).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(g) MANAGEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT 
AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(b)(1) of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended in the first sen-
tence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘be vested with the author-
ity to act in the capacity of the’’ and inserting 
‘‘serve as Acting,’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period ‘‘or in the 
event of a vacancy in the office of the Director’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 
appointments and vacancies occurring before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 
(1) NOVELTY.— 
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(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 102(b)(1)(A) of 
title 35, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘the inventor or joint inventor or by an-
other’’ and inserting ‘‘the inventor or a joint in-
ventor or another’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall be effective as 
if included in the amendment made by section 
3(b)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 
(Public Law 112–29). 
(2) INVENTOR’S OATH OR DECLARATION.— 
(A) AMENDMENT.—The second sentence of 
section 115(a) of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘shall execute’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘may be required to execute’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall be effective as 
if included in the amendment made by section 
4(a)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 
(Public Law 112–29). 
(3) ASSIGNEE FILERS.— 
(A) BENEFIT
OF
EARLIER
FILING
DATE; 
RIGHT OF PRIORITY.—Section 119(e)(1) of title 
35, United States Code, is amended, in the first 
sentence, by striking ‘‘by an inventor or inven-
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tors named’’ and inserting ‘‘that names the in-
ventor or a joint inventor’’. 
(B) BENEFIT OF EARLIER FILING DATE IN 
THE UNITED STATES.—Section 120 of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended, in the first sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘names an inventor or joint 
inventor’’ and inserting ‘‘names the inventor or 
a joint inventor’’. 
(C) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments 
made by this paragraph shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
to any patent application, and any patent 
issuing from such application, that is filed on or 
after September 16, 2012. 
(4) DERIVED PATENTS.— 
(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 291(b) of title 
35, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘or joint inventor’’ and inserting ‘‘or a joint in-
ventor’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall be effective as 
if included in the amendment made by section 
3(h)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 
(Public Law 112–29). 
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(5) SPECIFICATION.—Notwithstanding section 
4(e) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public 
Law 112–29; 125 Stat. 297), the amendments made 
by subsections (c) and (d) of section 4 of such Act 
shall apply to any proceeding or matter that is pend-
ing on, or filed on or after, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(6) TIME LIMIT FOR COMMENCING MISCONDUCT 
PROCEEDINGS.— 
(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 32 of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the 
fourth sentence and inserting the following new 
sentences: ‘‘A proceeding under this section shall 
be commenced not later than the earlier of either 
the date that is 10 years after the date on which 
the misconduct forming the basis for the pro-
ceeding occurred, or 18 months after the date on 
which the Director of the Office of Enrollment 
and Discipline received a written grievance (as 
prescribed in the regulations established under 
section 2(b)(2)(D)) about a specified individual 
that describes the misconduct forming the basis 
for the proceeding. If the misconduct that forms 
the basis for the proceeding under this section is 
at issue in a court or administrative-agency pro-
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ceeding, the 18-month period for commencing the 
proceeding under this section shall be tolled until 
the court or agency’s decision regarding the mis-
conduct becomes final and non-appealable. The 
18-month period for commencing a proceeding 
under this section also may be tolled by agree-
ment between the parties.’’ 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by this paragraph shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
to any action in which the Office files a com-
plaint on or after such date of enactment. 
(7) PATENT OWNER RESPONSE.— 
(A) CONDUCT OF INTER PARTES REVIEW.— 
Paragraph (8) of section 316(a) of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
petition under section 313’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
petition under section 311’’. 
(B) CONDUCT
OF
POST-GRANT
REVIEW.— 
Paragraph (8) of section 326(a) of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
petition under section 323’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
petition under section 321’’. 
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(C) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments 
made by this paragraph shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(8) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) AMENDMENTS.—Section 202(b) of the 
Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 
2012 (Public Law 112–211; 126 Stat. 1536) is 
amended— 
(i) by striking paragraph (7); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 
and (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respec-
tively. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments 
made by subparagraph (A) shall be effective as 
if included in title II of the Patent Law Treaties 
Implementation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 
21). 
(9) GLOBAL WORKSHARING.— 
(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 122 of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) FOREIGN OR INTERNATIONAL FILING.— 
‘‘(1) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—The Director 
may provide information concerning an application 
for patent to a foreign or international intellectual 
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property office if a corresponding application is filed 
with such foreign or international intellectual prop-
erty office. If the corresponding application is an 
international application, such information may also 
be provided to an International Searching Authority, 
an International Preliminary Examining Authority, 
or the International Bureau. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘international application’, ‘Inter-
national Searching Authority’, ‘International Pre-
liminary Examining Authority’, and ‘International 
Bureau’ have the same meaning given those terms 
under section 351.’’. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
122(a) of title 35, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsections (b) and (f)’’. 
(C) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments 
made by this paragraph shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
to applications for patent that are pending on, 
or filed on or after, such effective date. 
(10) JURISDICTION
FOR
APPEALS
OF
TRADE-
MARK CASES.— 
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(A) 
COURT
OF
APPEALS.—Section 
1295(a)(4)(C) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘title 35’’ and inserting 
‘‘title 35 or section 21(b) of the Act of July 5, 
1946 (commonly referred to as the ‘Trademark 
Act of 1946’) (15 U.S.C. 1071(b))’’; 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
39(a) of the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’) (15 
U.S.C. 1121(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘under 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘under this Act (except 
as provided in section 1295(a)(4) of title 28, 
United States Code)’’. 
(C) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall apply in any 
case in which a final judgment is entered by the 
district court on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(11) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AMENDMENT.— 
(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 3(b)(3)(A) of 
title 35, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘appoint’’ and inserting ‘‘appoint, or 
nominate for appointment by the Secretary of 
Commerce,’’. 
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(B) APPLICABILITY.—Section 3(b)(3)(B) of 
title 35, United States Code, as added by sub-
paragraph (A) shall apply to all officers nomi-
nated for appointment by the Secretary of Com-
merce before, on, or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(i) EXTENSION OF FEE-SETTING AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 10(i)(2) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Pub-
lic Law 112–29; 125 Stat. 319; 35 U.S.C. 41 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘7-year’’ and inserting ‘‘17-year’’. 
SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provi-
sions of this Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and shall apply to any patent issued, or 
any action filed, on or after that date. 
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Union Calendar No. 177 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 9 
[Report No. 114–235] 
A BILL 
To amend title 35, United States Code, and the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make im-
provements and technical corrections, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 29, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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