I don't think the reform, if legislated will have much effect on us.

"Each bill would establish a "first to file" patent system, which all other foreign patent systems currently possess. Critics argue that the existing "first to invent" standard has posed problems because the identity of an inventor can be hard to prove. The bills lay out a process for contesting a patent applicant's entitlement to that protection under the new system."

I believe the early patents were applied for in 1996. This should predate most other flash patents at least as they might pertain to the enforcement of ours.

Larry