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Patent Information Dissemination Act of 1991

Introduced: March 21, 1991 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 1991
Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
Mar 21, 1991
Introduced in Senate
Mar 21, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patent Information Dissemination Act of 1991 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (the Commissioner) to produce master compact discs formatted with read-only memory (CD-ROMs) containing sequential and classified patent information and to provide copies of them to the public at the United States Patent and Trademark Office public patent search library and each designated Patent Depository Library.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Commerce should attempt to modify any agreement provision in a bilateral agreement with a foreign government that precludes or severely limits the dissemination of patent information in accordance with this Act.

Directs the Commission to: (1) establish fees to recover certain estimated average marginal costs of CD-ROM purchases; and (2) report to the Congress on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now March 25, 1991

Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2