3.0.0 5253 2023-01-14T22:48:41Z 2023-01-14T22:48:41Z House H HR 2004-10-07 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2004-11-05T17:02:51Z Referred to 2004-10-07T14:05:35Z 2004-11-05 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2004-10-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 N D000136 Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] THOMAS DAVIS R VA M. 11 2004-10-07 True Commerce Agriculture and Food Intellectual property Inventions Patents Plant breeding Public Lands and Natural Resources Trees Commerce 00 2004-10-07 Introduced in House 2004-12-06T13:40:51Z Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2004 - Amends Federal patent law to declare that no plant patent application shall be denied, nor shall any issue plant patent be invalidated, on the grounds that the invention was sold or otherwise disposed of.

Provides for an exception if such invention was sold or disposed of, by or with the consent or the inventor or discoverer for purposes of exploitation of the invention: (1) to other persons in the United States more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent; (2) to other persons in a foreign country more than four years prior to such date; or (3) in the case of a tree or vine, to other persons in a foreign country more than six years prior to such date.

Provides that the plant patent applies equally to any plant that is not clearly distinguishable from a protected plant.

]]> Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2004 Display Title Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To make technical corrections in patent law. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-10-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr5253ih/xml/BILLS-108hr5253ih.xml 2004-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.