RESOLVED, that IPO supports amending 35 U.S.C. §§ 120 and 119(e)(1) to clarify that all applications filed on or after September 16, 2012, may claim priority to a parent application that names a common inventor.
RESOLVED, that IPO supports amending 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to clarify that assignee-filed applications may claim priority to a foreign parent application that discloses the same invention, irrespective of who filed the foreign parent application.