Patent reform hasn’t helped — at least not yet — when it comes to curbing litigation.

After more than a decade of discussion and debate over U.S. patent reform, the most dramatic change to the patent system in more than half a century took effect last year with passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Phase-in of the law began in September 2011, and the aim was to bring about significant change.

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