Both houses of Congress have now passed the AIA Technical Corrections bill. Notably, the bill does not contain the language regarding patent applications filed prior to June 1995: there is no longer any requirements regarding the length of patent term for any granted patent, nor any requirement for a PTO study of the issue.
Indeed, the bill does very little other than permit granted patents to be immediately subject to inter partes review and a few other minor provisions.
The bill now requires President Obama’s signature before becoming law.
