PATENTS

Amendments

Reform (H.R. 1249), S5390, S5391, S5392 [7SE], S5402, S5407, S5419 [8SE], H4448 [22JN], H4481, H4482, H4484, H4486, H4487, H4489, H4490, H4491, H4493, H4494, H4495 [23JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 316), H4390 [22JN]

Reform (S. 23), S936, S950, S952, S956, S957, S979 [28FE], S1032, S1033, S1037, S1045, S1052, S1071, S1073, S1074 [1MR], S1092, S1093, S1109, S1112, S1146, S1164 [2MR], S1175, S1183, S1206, S1239 [3MR], S1265, S1306 [4MR], S1324, S1331 [7MR], S1362 [8MR]

Analyses

America Invents Act (S. 23): First-Inventor-To-File Patent System Provisions, S1092 [2MR]

Articles and editorials

Delivering Innovation and Jobs Through Patent Reform, S1111 [2MR]

Much Ado About Nothing Over First To File, S1043 [1MR]

Patenting Innovation, S1177 [3MR]

Patenting Tax Ideas, S1198-S1200 [3MR]

Patents, Reform and the Little Guy, S1350 [8MR]

Senate To Vote on Patent Reform, First To File Fight Looms, S1042 [1MR]

U.S. Sets 21st-Century Goal—Building a Better Patent Office, S1030 [1MR]

Bills and resolutions

BLM: validate final patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC (see S. 729), S2130 [5AP] (see H.R. 1400), H2410 [6AP]

Business and industry: exempt expired patents from false marking fines if the manufacturing or production process remains unchanged or if the patent is identified as expired (see H.R. 1056), H1796 [14MR]

China: impose duties on merchandise in an amount equal to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China (see H.R. 3375), H7397 [4NO]

Clark County, NV: withdraw Sloan Hills area from location, entry, and patent under mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials (see S. 427), S1060 [1MR] (see H.R. 856), H1454 [1MR]

Courts: modify penalty for false marking (see H.R. 243), H135 [7JA]

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. 307), H254 [18JA]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (see S. 404), S871 [17FE] (see H.R. 3411), H7577 [14NO]

FDA: ensure valid generic drugs may enter the market (see S. 1882), S7612 [16NO]

Intellectual property: deter unfair imports that infringe upon intellectual property rights (see S. 2029), S8775 [17DE]

———improve intellectual property rights enforcement (see S. 1830), S7187 [8NO]

Madera County, CA: terminate certain hydropower reservations in order to clear the title of property purchased by Donald L. Smith (see S. 524), S1502 [9MR]

National Inventors Month: designate (see S. Res. 161), S2622 [3MY]

Patent and Trademark Office: study effective ways to provide confirming genetic diagnostic test activity where gene patents and exclusive licensing exist (see H.R. 2276), H4455 [22JN]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 27), S122 [25JA]

———prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (see S. 373), S792 [16FE] (see H.R. 741), H1039 (see H.R. 741), H1070 [16FE]

Reform (see S. 23), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 1249), H2105 [30MR]

Reform (H.R. 1249): consideration (see H. Res. 316), H4363 [21JN]

Taxation: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see S. 139), S126 [25JA]

Telecommunications: support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 175), H1906 [16MR]

Cloture motions

Reform (H.R. 1249): motion to proceed, S5281 [2AU], S5328 [6SE]

Reform (S. 23), S1213 [3MR], S1323 [7MR]

Descriptions

America Invents Act (S. 23): Republican Policy Committee, S1365 [8MR]

Letters

America Invents Act: Brian Donohue, HRB Digital LLC, S1201 [3MR]

———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S1110 [2MR]

———Coalition for Patent Fairness, S5434 [8SE]

———David B. Auclair, Grant Thornton LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———Douglas K. Norman, Intellectual Property Owners Association, S950 [28FE], S1091 [2MR]

———Gary L. Griswold, Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform, S5434 [8SE]

———Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, S1091 [2MR], S1178 [3MR]

———Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship (SBE) Council, S5422 [8SE]

———KPMG LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America (organization), S5435 [8SE]

———Louis J. Foreman, S5435 [8SE]

———Louis J. Foreman, Inventors Digest (publication), S1105 [2MR]

———Marla Grossman, Coalition for Patent and Trademark Information Dissemination, S949 [28FE]

———P. Michael Walker, DuPont (company), S5423 [8SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3768 [14JN], S5409, S5434 [8SE]

———Robert W. Holleyman, Business Software Alliance, S5422 [8SE]

———Ron Phipps, National Association of Realtors, H4431 [22JN]

———several financial and insurance organizations, S5423 [8SE]

———several financial organizations, S1200 [3MR]

———several medical and educational organizations, S5435 [8SE]

———several university, medical college, and higher education associations, S1177 [3MR]

———Steven J. Goldberg, BASF Corp., S1092 [2MR]

America Invents Act business method patents transitional program: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), S7413 [14NO]

Constitutionality of Patent and Trademark Office transitional post-grant review proceeding for review of the validity of covered business-method patents: Michael W. McConnell, Stanford University, S5374, S5376 [7SE]

GAO study of patent litigation brought by non-practicing entities: Gene L. Dodaro, GAO, S5441 [8SE]

Maintain grace period for inventors to protect their rights relative to disclosure, public use, or sale of their inventions before filing a patent application: several startups and small businesses, S1095 [2MR]

Patent and Trademark Office current revised inventor fee collection estimates: David J. Kappos, Patent and Trademark Office, S5438 [8SE]

Patent and Trademark Office damages and reexamination procedures: David J. Kappos, E1311 [13JY]

Patent and Trademark Office funding: Representative Harold Rogers, Committee on Appropriations (House), S5421 [8SE]

———Representatives Harold Rogers and Paul Ryan, S5373 [7SE]

Patent and Trademark Office policy preventing issuance of patents directed to or encompassing human organisms: James E. Rogan, Patent and Trademark Office, E1179, E1184 [23JN]

Patent and Trademark Office Public Enterprise Fund establishment: David J. Kappos, Patent and Trademark Office, S5417 [8SE]

Patent and Trademark Office transitional post-grant review proceeding for review of the validity of covered business-method patents: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S5409 [8SE]

———David French, National Retail Federation, S5409 [8SE]

———Stephen J. Verdier, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S1365 [8MR]

Transition from a first-to-invent patent system to a first-inventor-to-file patent system: Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, S1177, S1209 [3MR]

———Marylee Jenkins, ABA, S1092 [2MR]

Lists

Independent inventors supporting S. 23, America Invents Act, S1105 [2MR]

Manufacturers and innovators supporting S. 23, America Invents Act, S950 [28FE]

Organizations opposing H.R. 1249, America Invents Act, H4425 [22JN]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1249, American Invents Act, S5424 [8SE]

Organizations supporting transition from a first-to-invent patent system to a first-inventor-to-file patent system, S1098 [2MR], S1178 [3MR]

Motions

Reform (H.R. 1249), S5281 [2AU], S5439, S5443 [8SE], H4503 [23JN]

Reform (S. 23), S1050 [1MR], S1183 [3MR]

Press releases

America Invents Act: Coalition for 21st Centrury Patent Reform, S950 [28FE]

Remarks in House

America Invents Act: application of severability clause to any provision or amendment found to be unconstitutional, H4491 [23JN]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: prevent importation of counterfeit products and infringing devices, H8928 [14DE]

Business and industry: eliminate the transitional program for covered business method patents requiring a post-grant administrative review, H4496-H4498 [23JN]

———establish a business methods patent review pilot program, H4429 [22JN]

———prioritize processing patent applications by entities that pledge to develop or manufacture their products, processes, and technologies in the U.S., H4504 [23JN]

———sunset transitional review process for business method patents, H4388 [22JN]

Constitution—U.S.: ensure no violation of the Constitution relative to actions that result in the unlawful taking of property, H4389 [22JN]

Government regulations: clarify calculation of filing period deadline for patent term extension applications, H4432, H4433 [22JN], H4489, H4490 [23JN], E1940 [26OC]

———eliminate post-grant reviews and reexaminations on individual inventors and small businesses with few employees, H4494, H4495 [23JN]

Inventions: extend grace period for inventors to protect their rights relative to disclosure of their inventions before filing an application, H4388 [22JN]

———maintain grace period for inventors to protect their rights relative to disclosure, public use, or sale of their inventions before filing an application, H4429 [22JN]

———prohibit expansion of prior-user rights, H4482-H4484 [23JN]

———transition from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, H4420-H4432 [22JN], H4491-H4493 [23JN], E1191 [23JN]

———transition to a first-inventor-to-file system only upon Presidential finding that other major patent authorities have adopted a similar one-year grace period, H4481, H4482 [23JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: amend definition of ``micro entity'' to include minority- and women-owned business relative to eligibility for fee discounts, H4387 [22JN]

———amend definition of ``small entities'' to include historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions relative to eligibility for fee discounts, H4388 [22JN]

———amend definition of ``small entities'' to include minority- and women-owned business relative to eligibility for fee discounts, H4387 [22JN]

———clarify requirements of regional office location selection process, H4486 [23JN]

———codify policy preventing issuance of patents directed to or encompassing human organisms, E1159 [22JN], E1177 [23JN]

———conduct study to determine methods to assist small businesses in obtaining, maintaining, and enforcing foreign patents, H4486, H4487 [23JN]

———determine whether transitional review process for business method patents could result in the unlawful taking of property and therefore be in violation of the Constitution, H4388 [22JN], E1191 [23JN]

———develop methods to track the diversity of applicants, including minorities, women, and veterans, H4484 [23JN]

———eliminate authority to set fees, H4493, H4494 [23JN]

———establish a Patent Ombudsman Program to provide a fast lane for small businesses to receive information and support regarding patent filing issues, H4430 [22JN]

———prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, H4389, H4390, H4423-H4427, H4429-H4432, H4451, H4452 [22JN], E1189 [23JN]

———provide rules for exchange of evidence to prove and rebut a claim of derivation, H4490 [23JN]

———study methods to remove barriers to patient access to second opinions on genetic testing on patented genes, H4433 [22JN]

———tribute to National Trademark Expo, E1810 [11OC]

Reform (H.R. 1249), H4316 [16JN], H4378, H4420-H4452 [22JN], H4480-H4505 [23JN], H6310 [21SE], E1159 [22JN], E1174, E1177, E1182, E1189, E1190, E1191 [23JN], E1198, E1201, E1206, E1208 [24JN], E1219 [28JN], E1273 [8JY], E1940 [26OC]

———consideration (H. Res. 316), H4378-H4392 [22JN]

———corrections in engrossment, H4505 [23JN]

———motion to recommit, H4504 [23JN]

Small business: promote industries to develop new technologies that spur growth and create jobs and protect rights of small businesses and inventors from predatory behavior, H4388 [22JN], H4484-H4486 [23JN]

Taxation: limit patentability of tax planning methods, H4426 [22JN], H4487-H4489 [23JN]

Remarks in Senate

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: prevent importation of counterfeit products and infringing devices, S6175 [5OC]

Clark County, NV: withdraw Sloan Hills area from location, entry, and patent under mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials (S. 427), S1061 [1MR]

Courts: apportionment of damages in patent lawsuits, S1049, S1050 [1MR]

———require that proposed changes to false marking laws apply only to prospective cases, S1545 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide for Federal jurisidiction for theft of trade secrets, S6175 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (S. 404), S6692 [18OC]

Elijah J. McCoy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Detroit, MI: designate, S1183 [3MR]

False Claims Act: abolish the qui tam provisions of patent law to protect against frivolous and vexatious lawsuits concerning the false patent marking statute, S1368 [8MR]

FDA: ensure valid generic drugs may enter the market (S. 1882), S7616 [16NO]

Government regulations: clarify calculation of filing period deadline for patent term extension applications, S3713 [13JN], S5403-S5407, S5420, S5425, S5434, S5435, S5436, S5442 [8SE]

———clarify patent-defeating disclosures, S1496, S1497 [9MR]

Intellectual property: deter unfair imports that infringe upon intellectual property rights (S. 2029), S8783 [17DE]

———improve intellectual property rights enforcement, S6155 [5OC]

Inventions: importance of prior-user rights, S5426-S5428, S5429 [8SE]

———maintain grace period for inventors to protect their rights relative to disclosure, public use, or sale of their inventions before filing an application, S1094, S1096, S1112 [2MR], S1182 [3MR]

———transition from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, S1089-S1098, S1104, S1105, S1112 [2MR], S1171, S1174-S1179, S1181-S1183, S1208 [3MR], S1325 [7MR], S2601 [3MY], S5355 [7SE]

Madera County, CA: terminate certain hydropower reservations in order to clear the title of property purchased by Donald L. Smith (S. 524), S1507 [9MR]

National Inventors Month: designate (S. Res. 161), S2637 [3MY]

NSF: include public institutions of higher education in the definition of a micro entity in eligible Office of Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdictions, S1324 [7MR], S1362 [8MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish a Patent Ombudsman Program to provide a fast lane for small businesses to receive information and support regarding patent filing issues, S1033 [1MR], S5432 [8SE]

———establish and implement a transitional post-grant review proceeding for review of the validity of covered business-method patents, S1363-S1365 [8MR], S5374 [7SE], S5407-S5410, S5428, S5432, S5436 [8SE]

———establish as a self-funding agency, S1053 [1MR]

———establish Public Enterprise Fund, S5416-S5423, S5437-S5439, S5442 [8SE]

———establish regional offices, S956, S957 [28FE], S1324, S1325 [7MR]

———prioritize examination of patent applications for technologies important to American competitiveness, S1052 [1MR], S1112 [2MR], S1179 [3MR]

———prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, S1046, S1052 [1MR], S1209-S1212 [3MR], S5372, S5373 [7SE], S5416-S5423, S5437-S5439, S5442 [8SE]

———prohibit funding to implement clarification of calculation of filing period deadline for patent term extension applications, S6755 [19OC], S6814, S6815 [20OC]

———tribute to National Trademark Expo, S6503 [13OC]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 27), S143 [25JA]

———prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs, S1098 [2MR]

———prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (S. 373), S797 [16FE]

Reform (H.R. 1249), S3713 [13JN], S3768 [14JN], S4134 [27JN], S4135 [28JN], S5370, S5372-S5377 [7SE], S5402-S5411, S5416-S5443 [8SE], S6165 [5OC]

———motion to proceed, S5281 [2AU], S5316, S5319-S5321, S5323, S5326-S5328 [6SE], S5353-S5357 [7SE]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S5281 [2AU], S5370, S5377 [7SE]

Reform (S. 23), S130-S142 [25JA], S936-S953, S956, S957 [28FE], S1023, S1030-S1047, S1049-S1054 [1MR], S1077, S1089-S1099, S1104-S1113 [2MR], S1171, S1174-S1179, S1181-S1184, S1198-S1202, S1204-S1206, S1208-S1213 [3MR], S1322-S1326 [7MR], S1348-S1350, S1352, S1357, S1360-S1394 [8MR], S1496, S1497 [9MR], S1545 [10MR], S1746 [16MR], S2601 [3MY]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S927 [17FE], S1362 [8MR]

Senate: tribute to Senators and staff who worked on S. 23, America Invents Act, S1380, S1393 [8MR]

Small business: allow a fee reduction for certain businesses participating in the Track I patent examination program, S956 [28FE]

Taxation: limit patentability of tax planning methods, S1198-S1202, S1212 [3MR], S1367 [8MR]

———limit patentability of tax planning methods (S. 139), S221, S222 [25JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2021, Jobs and Energy Permitting Act and H.R. 1249, America Invents Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 316) (H. Rept. 112-111), H4363 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior Modification of a Land Grant Patent Issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 404) (S. Rept. 112-56), S5338 [6SE]

Patent Reform: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1249) (H. Rept. 112-98), H3868, H3909 [1JN]

Patent Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 23), S543 [3FE]

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 27), S4845 [22JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Reform (H.R. 1249), H4500 [23JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 316), H4379 [22JN]

Statements

America Invents Act: Coalition for 21st Centrury Patent Reform, S1208 [3MR]

———Executive Office of the President, S1030 [1MR], S5354 [7SE]

———Intellectual Property Owners Association, S950 [28FE]

Assess Availability of Domestic Genetic Diagnostic Testing Services: Representative Lamar Smith, E1183 [23JN]

Business Method Patent Transitional Program: Representative Lamar Smith, E1183 [23JN]

Clarify Supplemental Patent Examination Procedure: Representative Lamar Smith, E1182 [23JN]

Patent and Trademark Office Policy Preventing Issuance of Patents Directed to or Encompassing Human Organisms: Dave Weldon, E1178, E1179 [23JN]

———Family Research Council, E1184 [23JN]

———Representative Lamar Smith, E1183 [23JN]

Prohibit Diversion, Redirection, or Transfer of Patent and Trademark Office Funding: Representative Lamar Smith, E1184 [23JN]

Summaries

America Invents Act (S. 23): Managers' Amendment, S1366 [8MR]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 23, America Invents Act, S1380 [8MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 316, consideration of H.R. 2021, Jobs and Energy Permitting Act and H.R. 1249, America Invents Act, H4378 [22JN]

H.R. 1249, America Invents Act, H4433-H4448 [22JN]

S. 23, America Invents Act, S1381-S1393 [8MR]

S. 23, Patent Reform Act, S131-S142 [25JA], S936-S948 [28FE]

S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, S144-S146 [25JA]

S. 404, Dept. of the Interior modification of a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, S6692 [18OC]

S. 427, Sloan Hills Withdrawal Act, S1061 [1MR]

S. 524, terminate certain hydropower reservations in order to clear the title of property purchased by Donald L. Smith in Madera County, CA, S1508 [9MR]

S. 1882, Fair and Immediate Release of Generic Drugs (FAIR Generics) Act, S7616 [16NO]

S. Res. 161, National Inventors Month, S2625, S2637 [3MY]