PATENTS

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: recognize vital role family readiness volunteers play in supporting service members and their families (see H. Res. 408), H5307 [6MY]

———tribute to members for service in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 195), H10519 [6OC]

BLM: validate final patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC (see H.R. 762), H778 [28JA]

Climate: ensure any treaty or agreement made to address climate change protects intellectual property rights for clean energy and environmental technology (see S. Res. 379), S13383 [17DE]

Courts: establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges (see S. 299), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 628), H484 [22JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: require persons who retain seed harvested from the planting of patented seeds to register and pay fees for retaining such seed (see H.R. 3299), H8585 [22JY]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (see S. 1378), S7070 [25JN] (see S. 1651), S9132 [8SE] (see H.R. 1280), H2924 [3MR] (see H.R. 3540), H9341 [8SE]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 287), S9840 [24SE]

Extend a certain patent (see H.R. 2508), H5792 [19MY]

FDA: define term ``first applicant'' for purposes of filing an abbreviated application for a new drug (see S. 1315), S6887 [22JN] (see H.R. 3777), H11166 [8OC]

Health: provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see S. 726), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 1427), H3337 [11MR] (see H.R. 1548), H3525 [17MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorize use of certain funds for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force (see S. 1358), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3114), H7740 [7JY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 369), S1431 [3FE] (see H.R. 1706), H4025 [25MR]

Reform (see S. 515), S2691 [3MR] (see S. 610), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 1260), H2923 [3MR]

Taxation: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see H.R. 2584), H6010 [21MY]

Technology: create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture (see S. 1368), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3059), H7445 [25JN]

Telecommunications: support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 176), H1606 [13FE]

———support growth through deregulation, broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 30), H71 [7JA]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: recognize vital role family readiness volunteers play in supporting service members and their families (H. Res. 408), H11306, H11307 [14OC], E1074 [6MY], E2553 [15OC]

BLM: validate final patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC (H.R. 762), H8050, H8051 [14JY]

Courts: establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges (H.R. 628), H3456-H3459 [17MR], E743 [23MR]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (H.R. 1280), H6021, H6022 [2JN]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary, E2373 [25SE]

FDA: define term ``first applicant'' for purposes of filing an abbreviated application for a new drug (H.R. 3777), E2487 [8OC]

Health: allow competition in the biosimilar and interchangeable biological products industry, H12888, H12890, H12891, H12896, H12897, H12899, H12914, H12915 [7NO], E2755 [9NO]

Intellectual property: improve management, coordination, and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property rights enforcement, H10436 [1OC]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorize use of certain funds for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force (H.R. 3114), H7723-H7725 [7JY], E1671 [8JY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H12889 [7NO]

Reform (H.R. 1260), H8093-H8097 [14JY], E536 [3MR]

Treaties and agreements: ensure that any international climate change agreements protect intellectual property rights related to energy or environmental technologies, H6489, H6490 [10JN]

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: tribute to National Trademark Expo, E1071 [6MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (S. 1651), S9136 [8SE]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary (S. Res. 287), S9853 [24SE]

FDA: increase access to lower-cost, generic versions of biologic drugs, S7180 [7JY], S7335 [10JY], S7391 [13JY], S7593-S7595 [16JY], S8186 [28JY]

Health: provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (S. 726), S6793 [18JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorize use of certain funds for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force (H.R. 3114), S7664 [16JY]

———authorize use of certain funds for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force (S. 1358), S7044 [25JN]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, S13240 [15DE]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 369), S1433 [3FE]

Reform (S. 515), S2706-S2716 [3MR]

Reports filed

Patent Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 515), S4309 [2AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 515) (S. Rept. 111-18), S5371 [12MY]

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 369), S10486 [15OC]

Validate Final BLM Patent Dealing With Lands in Nevada Conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 762) (H. Rept. 111-178), H7144 [23JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 408, recognize vital role family readiness volunteers play in supporting Armed Forces service members and their families, H11306 [14OC]

H.R. 628, establish a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges, H3456 [17MR]

H.R. 762, validate final BLM patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC, H8050 [14JY]

H.R. 1280, Dept. of the Interior land grant patent modification issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, H6021 [2JN]

H.R. 3114, Patent and Trademark Office use of certain funds for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force, H7723 [7JY]

S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, S1433 [3FE]

S. 515, Patent Reform Act, S2707-S2715 [3MR]

S. 610, Patent Reform Act, S3166-S3175 [17MR]

S. 1358, Patent and Trademark Office use of certain funds for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force, S7044 [25JN]

S. Res. 287, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act anniversary, S9853 [24SE]

S. Res. 379, ensure any treaty or agreement made to address climate change protects intellectual property rights for clean energy and environmental technology, S13394 [17DE]