PATENTS related term(s) Copyrights

Amendments

Patent and Trademark Office: establish competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at Patent and Trademark Office (H.R. 5796), S6828 [28NO], H8752 [5DE]

——— require satellite offices to conduct outreach to increase patent system participation by women, people of color, veterans, individual inventors, and other underrepresented groups (S. 2773), S7006 [6DE]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: prohibit use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property to inhibit competition (see S. 4918), S4969 [22SE]

California: withdraw certain Federal land in San Bernardino National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 7093), H3743 [15MR]

Dept. of Defense: develop guidelines and resources on acquisition or licensing of intellectual property (see H.R. 8305), H5939 [7JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: address preference for U.S. industry relative to patent rights in inventions made with research assistance (see S. 4902), S4912 [21SE]

Dept. of the Interior: eliminate patenting of Federal lands, impose Federal minerals royalty, establish fund for cleanup of abandoned mines, and review certain lands to determine availability for future mining (see S. 4083), S2153 [26AP] (see H.R. 7580), H4510 [26AP]

FDA: shorten exclusivity period for brand name biological products (see H.R. 7828), H5174 [18MY]

Foreign countries: limit foreign interference relative to right to file and maintain patent infringement claims (see S. 3772), S1058 [8MR]

GAO: submit report on ways to improve patent examination process at Patent and Trademark Office (see S. 4704), S3860 [2AU]

Intergovernmental relations: establish interagency task force between Patent and Trademark Office and FDA for sharing information and providing technical assistance relative to patents (see S. 4430), S3003 [16JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: address matters relative to patent subject matter eligibility (see S. 4734), S3861 [2AU]

——— establish competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at Patent and Trademark Office (see S. 4210), S2493 [12MY]

——— improve process to challenge validity of patents through Patent Trial and Appeal Board (see S. 4417), S3003 [16JN]

——— require satellite offices to conduct outreach to increase patent system participation by women, people of color, veterans, individual inventors, and other underrepresented groups (see H.R. 8697), H7557 [9AU]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit manufacturers from interfering with therapeutically equivalent or interchangeable substitutions by health care providers to limit competition from generic drug or biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 7473), H4432 [7AP]

World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: request President to transmit certain information to House of Representatives on proposed waiver of intellectual property commitments (see H. Res. 1169), H5446 [9JN]

Lists

National Academy of Inventors fellow inductees, E350 [4AP]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5796, Patents for Humanity Act, H8780 [6DE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: develop guidelines and resources on acquisition or licensing of intellectual property, H9706 [13DE]

Foreign trade: prohibit waiver of certain intellectual property rights unless authorized by statute, H944 [3FE]

Jenks, OK: installation of war memorial garden to honor sacrifice of fallen soldiers, E1104 [3NO]

National Academy of Inventors: tribute to fellow inductees, E350 [4AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at Patent and Trademark Office (H.R. 5796), H4520, H4521 [27AP], E438 [29AP]

——— establish competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at Patent and Trademark Office (H.R. 5796), Senate amendment, H8752–H8754 [5DE]

Remarks in Senate

Patent and Trademark Office: establish competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at Patent and Trademark Office (H.R. 5796), S6828 [28NO]

——— require satellite offices to conduct outreach to increase patent system participation by women, people of color, veterans, individual inventors, and other underrepresented groups (S. 2773), S7006, S7007 [6DE]

Reports filed

Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 4430), S3860 [2AU]

Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 4902) (S. Rept. 117–239), S7100 [12DE]

Patents for Humanity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5796) (H. Rept. 117–302), H4574 [27AP]

Unleashing American Innovators Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2773), S6940 [1DE]

Texts of

H.R. 5796, Patents for Humanity Act, H4520 [27AP]

S. 4430, Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act, S3005 [16JN]