SIR，你已經被廢除了

美國法定發明登記（SIR）是一個pre-AIA的措施，提供專利申請人在不提出實際審查時的強制公開手段，通過專利系統公開算是一個不錯而容易被人看到的公開方式之一。

然而，這個「公開制度」是依據pre-AIA時期「先發明主義」下的需求產生的，讓申請人可以較早公開，阻絕他人在後取得相似的專利，而又可能保障後續申請案（同一申請人、先發明主義）某種防禦性的措施。

不過，這個先發明的概念被AIA打破，因此美國法定發明登記（SIR）的制度也隨之被廢除。

過去報導（廢除前）：
美國法定發明登記（SIR）（http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2009/08/sir.html）

pre-AIA
35 U.S.C. 157 (PRE‑AIA) STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION.
(以下省略）

AIA
35 U.S.C. 157 [REPEALED.]

廢除生效日：
EFFECTIVE DATE.--The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect upon the expiration of the 18–month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to any request for a statutory invention registration filed on or after that effective date.

MPEP 1101 REQUEST FOR STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATION (SIR)
Only requests for a statutory invention registration filed prior to March 16, 2013 are timely. Requests for a statutory invention registration filed on or after March 16, 2013 will not be treated as the provisions of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 157 were repealed on March 16, 2013, effective for any request filed on or after that date. See §3(e) of the America Invents Act. Guidance on requests filed before March 16, 2013 may be found in the ninth revision of the Eighth Edition of the MPEP published August 2012. The material in former MPEP §§ 1103-1109 is not repeated in this edition of the MPEP.

資料來源：
https://www.bitlaw.com/source/35usc/aia_redline/157.html
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1111.html

Ron