House Judiciary Committee Reports Patent Reform Bill
On June 1, 2011, the House Judiciary Committee reported, with an amendment, a bill to amend 35 U.S. Code to provide for patent reform (H.R. 1249). According to a Committee press release, H.R. 1249 would implement a first-inventor-to-file standard for patent approval, create a post-grant review system to weed out bad patents, and help the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) address the backlog of patent applications. Similar legislation has been passed by the Senate.
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Committee press release on growing support for H.R. 1249 available here