Public Law 106-113/Division B/Appendix I/Title IV
==TITLE IV — INVENTOR PROTECTION==
Sec. 4001. Short Title. edit
- This title may be cited as the ``American Inventors Protection Act of 1999´´.
Subtitle A — Inventors' Rights edit
Subtitle B — Patent and Trademark Fee Fairness edit
Subtitle C — First Inventor Defense edit
Subtitle D — Patent Term Guarantee edit
Subtitle E — Domestic Publication of Patent Applications Published Abroad edit
Subtitle F — Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Procedure edit
Subtitle G — Patent and Trademark Office edit
Chapter 1 — United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Sec. 4711. Establishment of Patent and Trademark Office.
- Sec. 4712. Powers and Duties.
- Sec. 4713. Organization and Management.
- Sec. 4714. Public Advisory Committees.
- Sec. 4715. Conforming Amendments.
- Sec. 4716. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Sec. 4717. Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
- Sec. 4718. Annual Report of Director.
- Sec. 4719. Suspension or Exclusion from Practice.
- Sec. 4720. Pay of Director and Deputy Director.
Chapter 2 — Effective Date; Technical Amendments
Chapter 3 — Miscellaneous Provisions
- Sec. 4741. References.
- Sec. 4742. Exercise of Authorities.
- Sec. 4743. Savings Provisions.
- Sec. 4744. Transfer of Assets.
- Sec. 4745. Delegation and Aassignment.
- Sec. 4746. Authority of Director of the Office of Management and Budget with Respect to Functions Transferred.
- Sec. 4747. Certain Vesting of Functions Considered Transfers.
- Sec. 4748. Availability of Existing Funds.
- Sec. 4749. Definitions.
Subtitle H — Miscellaneous Patent Provisions edit
- Sec. 4801. Provisional Applications.
- Sec. 4802. International Applications.
- Sec. 4803. Certain limitations on Damages for Patent Infringement not Applicable.
- Sec. 4804. Electronic Filing and Publications.
- Sec. 4805. Study and Report on Biological Deposits in Support of Biotechnology Patents.
- Sec. 4806. Prior Invention.
- Sec. 4807. Prior Art Exclusion for Certain Commonly Assigned Patents.
- Sec. 4808. Exchange of Copies of Patents with Foreign Countries.