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The American Invents Act is the most comprehensive overhaul since 1952, ending the first-to-invent system and replacing it with first-inventor-to file patent rules. This important and timely handbook explains how the new patent regime works and how the United States Patent and Trademark Office's recently promulgated regulations and the new law's myriad effective dates affect your practice. Topics include: AIA changes to patent marking statutes New procedural rules for patent litigation Expansion of the prior user rights defense Prioritized examination and supplemental examination provisions Prior art submissions to the USPTO New post-grant review proceedings as an alternative to litigation Establishment of new USPTO Offices Programs and Studies Provided for Under the AIA Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Numerous other statutory and regulatory changes This product is periodically updated with new editions

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Mary Anthony Merchant, J.D., Ph.D. is a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, where she leads the biotechnology patent group. She has practiced law for twenty years, focusing on intellectual property law, including trademark registration and patent procurement, with an emphasis on the life sciences. Her practice encompasses the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, agricultural sciences, cosmetics, consumer products, nutraceuticals and medical device fields. Dr. Merchant's graduate and post-graduate research involved both mammalian and plant molecular biology, protein biochemistry, immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology, cum laude, from Randolph-Macon Women's College, her Ph.D. from the University of Florida College of Medicine and her J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Florida College of Law. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two corgis.

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