America Invents Act Rulemaking Topics

• Rulemakings Group 1
  • 15% Transition Surcharge
  • Best Mode
  • Electronic Filing Incentive
  • Fee Setting Authority
  • Human Organism Prohibition
  • Inter Partes Reexamination Threshold
  • Micro Entities
  • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Statute of Limitations
  • Prior User Rights Defense
  • Prioritized Examination
  • Tax Strategies Deemed Within Prior Art
• Rulemakings Group 2
  • Citation of Prior Art and Written Statements
  • Inter Partes Review
  • Inventor’s Oath or Declaration
  • Post-Grant Review
  • Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties
  • Priority Examination for Important Technologies
  • Supplemental Examination
  • Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
• Rulemakings Group 3
  • Derivation Proceeding
  • First-Inventor-to-File
  • Repeal of Statutory Invention Registration