The Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515/S. 610/H.R. 1260) was a set of proposals introduced in the 111th United States Congress for changes in United States patent law. Senators Orrin Hatch and Patrick Leahy introduced a Senate bill on March 3, 2009. Representative John Conyers introduced the House version, H.R. 1260, the same day. Senator Jon Kyl introduced another bill, S. 610, on March 17, 2009. The bills closely resemble previously proposed legislation including the Patent Reform Act of 2007 and the Patent Reform Act of 2005. On April 2, 2009, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15-4 to bring S.515 before the full Senate. The Patent Reform Act of 2009 represents the third consecutive congressional session to attempt the first overhaul of the U.S. patent system since 1952. The bill was succeeded in the following Congress by the America Invents Act, which passed in the Senate on March 9, 2011.
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