The new law takes effect one year after the date of enactment and only applies to patents that issue on or after the effective date. If patents issued already, the new law won’t impact them. If the bill was signed today, it would impact only patents that issue on or after September 12, 2012…as long as the text of the legislation isn’t changed again before enactment… only new filings with no claim of priority to our patents would be affected by the new law.