Fergie's Tech Blog

"The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has endorsed some key reforms that Congress is scheduled to consider this year. Patent Office chief Jon Dudas said Monday that federal law should be changed to award a patent to the first person to file a claim and to permit review of a patent after it is granted. Currently patents are awarded to the first person who concocted the invention, a timeframe that can be difficult to prove."