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Uncle Sam wants you to be the first-inventor-to-file for nanotechnology inventions

U.S. switches to the “first-inventor-to-file” system under the America Invents Act
  • Ross Spencer Garsson

    Ross Spencer Garsson is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Intellectual Property and Litigation Department and Chair of the Austin Office Intellectual Property Practice Group. He is a registered patent attorney and has counseled high technology clients on issues of patent law for 20 years in a variety of technology areas, including nanotechnology, chemical, semiconductor, and computer technologies. Mr. Garsson can be reached at garssonr@gtlaw.com.

     EMAIL logo     and Chinh H. Pham

    Chinh H. Pham is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Intellectual Property Department, is Chair of the Firm’s Nanotechnology Practice, and is Co-Chair of the Boston Office Intellectual Property Practice Group. He is a registered patent attorney with particular experience in the strategic creation, implementation, and protection of intellectual property rights for high technology clients. Mr. Pham can be reached at phamc@gtlaw.com.
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Nanotechnology Reviews
From the journal Nanotechnology Reviews Volume 1 Issue 4

Received: 2012-6-19
Accepted: 2012-6-19
Published Online: 2012-08-01
Published in Print: 2012-08-01

©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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Keywords for this article
America Invents Act; first-inventor-to-file; intellectual property; patent
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