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10) What significant difference in U.S. patent occurred under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), and why was this change enacted?

11) What does it mean to say that a patent is an "exclusionary" right? 12) In patent law, nontechnical and objective factors considered in determining whether an invention is nonobvious, such as its commercial success and copying of it by others, are called

13) Paul filed a utility patent application on July 1, 2010, which was granted on March 15, 2012. When will the patent expire? 14) Why are patent applicants required to fully disclose their invention in the application for it? 15) Under the AIA, what types of disclosures will bar patentability? 18) Plants may be patented if they are_______ reproduced.