First to File Rule
First to File Rule The United States used to have the first to invent rule that granted rights to the first inventor who conceived and reduced the technology or invention to practice, for example a working prototype or well-written description. The America Invents Act changes American patent law to be like that of most countries that use the first to file rule granting a patent and all rights to the first person who files a patent application for an invention. Jilda Garton, Vice President for Research and General Manager of Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Georgia Institute of Technology; Elaine Brock, Senior Associate Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, University of Michigan; Cathy Innes, Director, Office of Technology Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Alexandra McKeown, Associate Dean for Research Administration, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health discuss how publication plays into the new regime. For more great pieces from this NCURA TV production, check out NCURA's website at www.ncura.edu.
