[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3579 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3579

To renew and extend patents relating to certain devices that aid in the 
    acceleration of bodily tissue healing and the reduction of pain.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 1993

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To renew and extend patents relating to certain devices that aid in the 
    acceleration of bodily tissue healing and the reduction of pain.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PATENT.

    The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks, shall, when the patent numbered 4,226,246 
(relating to an apparatus for maintaining the negative potential of 
human, animal, and plant cells) expires, extend the patent, with all 
the rights pertaining thereto, for a period of 10 years beginning on 
the date of the patent's expiration.

SEC. 2. RENEWAL AND EXTENSION OF PATENTS.

    (a) Renewal and Extension.--The Secretary of Commerce, acting 
through the Commissioner of Patents, shall renew and extend each of the 
patents described in subsection (b), with all the rights pertaining 
thereto, for a period of 10 years beginning on the date of the patent's 
renewal and extension. The Secretary shall take the actions required by 
this section as soon as possible, but not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Description of Patents.--Subsection (a) shall apply to the 
patents bearing the following numbers:
            (1) 3,670,737 (relating to an ultra-short wave 
        athermapeutic (non-thermal pulsed high-peak high-frequency 
        electromagnetic energy) apparatus).
            (2) 3,566,877 (relating to an electrothermapeutic apparatus 
        and treatment head, and method for tuning the treatment head).
            (3) 3,464,010 (relating to a power meter for an 
        athermapeutic apparatus).
            (4) 3,181,535 (relating to an athermapeutic apparatus).
            (5) 3,043,310 (relating to a treatment head for an 
        athermapeutic apparatus).
    (c) Intervening Rights.--The renewal and extension of the patents 
described in subsection (b) shall not result in infringement of any of 
the patents on account of any use of the subject matter of the patent, 
or substantial preparation for such use, that began after the patent 
expired but before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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