3.0.0 5299 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z House H HR 2004-10-08 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2004-11-05T17:09:26Z Referred to 2004-10-08T13:05:40Z 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 2004-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1935-1936) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 N B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 2004-10-08 True Commerce Administrative fees Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Computers Damages Department of Commerce Discovery (Law) Economics and Public Finance Evidence (Law) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Industrial engineering Injunctions Intellectual property Inventions Judicial review Law Liability (Law) Parties to actions Patent infringement Patents Science, Technology, Communications Commerce 00 2004-10-08 Introduced in House 2004-12-06T16:06:21Z Patent Quality Assistance Act of 2004 - Allows a person to request that the grant or reissue of a patent be reconsidered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by filing an opposition seeking to invalidate one or more claims in the patent.

Requires the Director of USPTO to issue and publish a certificate, in accordance with the final decision by the panel of three administrative patent judges, canceling any claim of the patent determined to be unpatentable and incorporating into the patent any new or amended claims determined to be patentable.

Allows a third party to submit for consideration, and for inclusion in the record, prior art to determine whether the invention was known, used, in public use, or on sale or would have been obvious.

Provides that a notice of a patent holder alleging infringement of the patent is not deemed to be sufficient to subject a recipient of the notice to liability for willful infringement of the patent, with exceptions.

Prohibits a court from granting an injunction for violations of a right secured by a patent unless it finds that the patentee is likely to suffer irreparable harm that cannot be remedied by payment of money damages.

Provides that a third party requester whose request for a reexamination results in an order is not estopped from asserting a claim which the third party requester could have raised during such reexamination proceedings.

Sets forth provisions regarding circumstances under which a patent application involving a business method invention combined with computer technology would not be denied on the basis of obviousness.

]]> Patent Quality Assistance Act of 2004 Display Title Patent Quality Assistance Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 35, United States Code, to modify certain procedures relating to patents. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Patent Quality Assistance Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-10-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr5299ih/xml/BILLS-108hr5299ih.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.