RESOLVED, that IPO favors, in principle, that the patent laws should be amended to eliminate the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 135(b)(2), which creates a bar to a determination of priority of invention in those instances in which a claim to the same invention is not presented in an application for patent within one year of the publication date of claims to the same invention, either in a publication of a U.S. patent application or in a WIPO publication of an International application.
