AMERICAN INVENTORS PROTECTION ACT

American  Inventors  Protection  Act.Patents.  A  1999  statute  designed  to  (1)  curb  deceptive

practices by inven-tion-promotion companies, (2) reduce patent fees, (3) provide a defense against

infringement  for  a  party  who  in  good  faith  reduced  a  patented  invention  to  practice  at  least  one

year before a patent’s effective filing date, (4) extend the patent term when the PTO is responsible

for a delay in issuance, and (5) require publication of a patent application 18 months after its filing

unless the applicant requests otherwise. Pub. L. No. 106–113, 113 Stat. 1501. — Abbr. AIPA. [Blacks Law 8th]