To amend title 35, United States Code, to conform certain filing provisions within the Patent and Trademark Office.
Latest action · Sep 14, 2006 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Allows the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to accept an application for an extension of the term of a patent which claims a product, a method of using a product, or a method of manufacturing a product if: (1) such application is filed no more than 5 days late; and (2) the applicant files a petition showing that the delay in filing the application was unintentional. Deems such petition to be denied if no determination has been made on the petition within 30 days of filing. Establishes the fee for filing such a petition.
Applies this Act to any application for patent term extension which: (1) is pending on the date of enactment; (2) is the subject of a request for reconsideration of a denial of a patent term extension; or (3) has been denied a patent term extension in a case in which the period for seeking reconsideration of such denial has not yet expired.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2006 to Sep 27, 2006; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | May 4, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | May 4, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Henry J. Hyde | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jun 20, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 27, 2006 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Jul 10, 2006 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 20, 2006 | |
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | Sep 14, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Sep 20, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Sep 20, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Sep 26, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Sep 27, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2006 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Jun 5, 2006Hearings Sep 14, 2006 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2006Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 5, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
- Apr 6, 2006Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-150 | A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 35, UNITED STATES CODE, TO CONFORM CERTAIN FILING PROVISIONS WITHIN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE92 pages | Judiciary Committee | Sep 14, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 35, United States Code, to conform certain filing provisions within the Patent and Trademark Office.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.