3.0.0 2766 2023-01-11T13:24:30Z 2023-01-11T13:24:30Z House H HR 2013-07-22 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 2766.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8[Page H4857]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2013-09-13T18:59:43Z Referred to 2013-07-22T16:00:15Z Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 113 866 S 2013-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2013-09-13 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Committee 2013-07-22 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 N C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2013-07-22 True H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2013-08-02 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2013-10-07 False C001076 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] Jason Chaffetz R UT 3 2013-10-07 False Commerce Financial services and investments Intellectual property Lawyers and legal services Commerce 00 2013-07-22 Introduced in House 2013-08-19T18:37:47Z Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to remove the eight-year sunset provision with respect to the transitional post-grant review program available to review the validity of covered business method patents, thereby making the program permanent.

Expands the term "covered business method patent" to include a patent that claims a method or corresponding apparatus for performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration, or management of any enterprise, product, or service, except technological inventions. (Current law limits the program to financial products or services.)

Requires the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property) to work with and support intellectual property law associations throughout the United States, within established pro bono programs, to assist financially under-resourced resellers, users, implementers, distributors, or customers of an allegedly infringing product or process.

]]> STOP Act Display Title STOP Act Official Title as Introduced To make improvements to the transitional program for covered business method patents, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced STOP Act Short Titles as Introduced Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act Introduced in House 2013-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2766ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2766ih.xml 2013-09-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. 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.