HR 5119
107th Congress
House
Commerce
Agriculture and Food
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Inventions
Patents
Periodicals
Plant breeding
Plant genetics
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2002
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 20, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Jul 15, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 15, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2002 - Amends Federal patent law to declare that no plant patent application shall be denied, nor shall any issued plant patent be invalidated, on the grounds that the invention was described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year before the date of the U.S. patent application, unless the invention was described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country more than ten years before the date of the U.S. patent application.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1