Paul Savereide, senior intellectual property counsel on patents at the University of Minnesota, offers insights on the America Invents Act and what it mean to university inventors.

During University Innovations 2012, which took place March 8 at McNamara Alumni Center, 134 university inventors received much-deserved recognition for their discoveries in the past year.

In an event today at the White House, President Obama will sign the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, a bill that reforms the U.S. patent system, and will highlight the work his administration has done with higher education institutions and other organizations to stimulate innovation and economic growth.

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