Patent Law Amendments

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Patent Law Amendments - Directs the Commissioner of Patents to establish rules and regulations for the citation to the Patent Office of prior art patents or publications, pertinent to the validity of patents, and for the reexamination of patents in the light of such prior art. Allows any person, within the period of enforceability of a patent, to cite to the Office in the specified manner prior patents or publications which may have a bearing on the patentability of any claim of the patent. Allows any person, within the period of enforceability of a patent, to request reexamination of the patent in the light of any such cited prior art. Requires the Commissioner, within 90 days following the filing of a request for reexamination, to make a determination as to whether a substantial new question of patentability is raised by consideration of the prior art cited. Stipulates that a determination that such a new question of patentability is not so raised shall be final and nonappealable. Directs the Commissioner, where such a question is so raised, to order a reexamination of the patent. Requires that the patent owner be provided an opportunity in a reexamination proceeding under this A…