Findings

The Congress finds the following: (1) The Congress created a patent system to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries, as provided for in the Constitution of the United States. (2) The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29) enacted on September 16, 2011, and several decisions of the Supreme Court have harmed the progress of Science and the useful Arts by eroding the strength and value of the patent system. (3) The United States Government exists to protect life, liberty, and property, which includes intellectual property. (4) A United States patent secures a private property right to an inventor. (5) This Act restores the patent system as envisioned by the Constitution of the United States.