This isn't a bad time to catch up on the patent-related bills being circulated in Congress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Invents_Act http://en.wikipedi

This isn't a bad time to catch up on the patent-related bills being circulated in Congress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Invents_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Invents_Act http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2288359 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2288359 I'd be interested to know how the proposed legislation might affect, if at all, this particular case.