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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 866
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 6, 2013
Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To make improvements to the transitional program for covered business method patents, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Patent Quality Improvement Act of
2013
.
Improvements to transitional program for covered business method patents
Section 18 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ( 35 U.S.C. 321 note) is amended—
by striking subsection (a)(3); and
in subsection
(d)(1), by striking a financial product or
and inserting
an enterprise, product, or
.