An Academic Paper focused on the disproportionate patent litigation provided to small firms. Lex data will be used to acquire data on patent lawsuits.
==Micro-entity under Leahy-Smith America Invents Act==
Under section 123 of the United States Code Title 35 an applicant would qualify as ''micro entity''
if the applicant
# qualifies as small entity
# has not been named as inventor on more than 4 previously filed patent applictions with the exception of
** Applications filed in another country
** Provisional applications under section 111(b)
** International applications filed under the treaty defined in section 351(a) for which the basic national fee under section 41(a) was not paid
# The gross income in the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the applicable fee is being paid does not exceed 3 times the median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by the Bureau of the Census.
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