Under which act was the U.S. patent system changed from a "first-to-invent" to a "first-inventor-to-file" system?
A)Economic Espionage Act
B)Lanham Act
C)Uniform Trade Secrets Act
D)Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed into law on September 16, 2011, changed the U.S. patent system from a "first-to-invent" to a "first-inventor-to-file" system. This means that the first inventor to file a patent application now has priority over the first inventor to conceive of the invention.

Under Which Act Was the U