3.0.0 6264 2023-01-11T13:42:16Z 2023-01-11T13:42:16Z House HR 2018-06-28 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MASSIE:H.R. 6264.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8: ``To promote the progress of scienceand useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors andinventors the exclusive right to their respective writingsand discoveries.''[Page H5976]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2018-08-06T18:02:56Z Referred to 2018-06-28T13:02:05Z 2018-08-06 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Committee 2018-06-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2018-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001184 Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] Thomas Massie R KY 4 N K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2018-06-28 True R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 48 2018-06-28 True Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Art, artists, authorship Department of Commerce Intellectual property Judicial procedure and administration Judicial review and appeals Property rights User charges and fees Commerce 00 2018-06-28 Introduced in House 2019-07-19T20:35:42Z Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018

This bill revises several parts of the patent law.

The bill changes the U.S. patent system back to a first-to-invent system, where the first inventor to conceive of an invention is entitled to a patent. Currently, the first person to file an application that meets all the requirements is entitled to the patent, as a result of the 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.

Several types of administrative patent challenge proceedings are abolished, as well as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office body that decides those proceedings.

This bill relaxes the standard of what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter. The only ineligible inventions shall be those that exist in nature independent or prior to human activity, or exist solely in the human mind.

This bill limits what types of publications shall be treated as prior art that could be used to make an invention anticipated or obvious.

This bill authorizes the USPTO to keep and spend all the fees that it collects.


]]> Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018 Display Title Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced To promote the leadership of the United States in global innovation by establishing a robust patent system that restores and protects the right of inventors to own and enforce private property rights in inventions and discoveries, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6264ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6264ih.xml 2018-08-06 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.