It's unclear (at least in this article) whether the legislation makes much headway in the "little guy" vs. "patent troll" problem. Will this allow companies to

It's unclear (at least in this article) whether the legislation makes much headway in the "little guy" vs. "patent troll" problem. Will this allow companies to file like crazy--everything under the sun--and block the "first-to-invent" people? Or would the change allow smaller companies more power once they file so bigger companies can't come along later and claim something had really been invented earlier that was similar...?