promptly will send a copy of the request to the owner of record of the patent. . (b) Reexamination barred by civil action Section 303 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) An ex parte reexamination may not be instituted if the request for reexamination is filed more than 1 year after the date on which the requester or a real party in interest or privy of the requester is served with a complaint alleging infringement of the patent. . 106. Restoration of patents as property rights Section 283 of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking The several courts and inserting the following: (a) In general The several courts