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HR 5638 110th Congress House Commerce Intellectual property Maintenance and repair Manufacturing industries Patent infringement

To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.

Introduced: March 13, 2008 Introduced by: Lofgren, Zoe Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 14, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Mar 13, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 13, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that it is not a patent infringement to make, use, offer to sell, or sell within the United States or import into the United States any article of manufacture that is a part of another article of manufacture, if the sole purpose of the part is for the repair of the article of manufacture of which it is a part so as to restore its original appearance.

What's happening now April 14, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 20, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5638: To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5638/
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"H.R. 5638: To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5638/.
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H.R. 5638, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5638/.
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[H.R. 5638: To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5638/)
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