The America Invents Act changed patent law in several significant ways. Complete the following:
a. It changed the U.S. system from a first to ______ system to a first to ______ system.
b. It eliminated interference proceedings and replaced them with ______ proceedings to determine which inventor of two is the "true" inventor.
c. It broadened the category of people who may file patent applications. Not only inventors but also ______ may file patent applications.
d. It implemented several new post-grant challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, specifically, ______. (Identify two of the three proceedings.)
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
d. inter partes review, post grant review, and covered business method review
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Three New York courts that have the power to issue orders of protection are ___________________, ________________________________, and ________________________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated the creation of many new agencies as part of his _____ efforts to revive the economy and to correct other social problems the nation was experiencing
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A person with impaired hearing attempts to cross a busy street using a crosswalk. A taxicab driver's
line of sight is blocked by a truck and hits the person. The duty of care that the cab driver owes to the person is A) that of a reasonable deaf person B) that of a reasonable mentally-ill person C) that of a reasonable person D) no duty of care, because the person crossing the street never looked at the on-coming traffic