Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Jun 22, 2023
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Referred
Jun 22, 2023
the Judiciary
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Committee
Jan 23, 2024
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill amends the law relating to patent subject matter eligibility to establish that only specified subject matter (e.g., a natural process wholly independent of human activity) is ineligible for patenting. (Currently, subject matter eligibility is determined by examining whether the claimed invention is directed to certain ineligible categories, and if so, whether there is an inventive concept. Subject matter eligibility is one of several requirements that an invention must satisfy in order to receive patent protection.) Under this bill, an invention shall be considered to involve patent-ineligible subject matter only if it falls within specified categories, such as (1) a mathematical...
Timeline · 3 actions
Jan 23, 2024
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-460.
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 22, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.