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HR 1056 112th Congress House

Patent Continuing Disclosure Act

Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to false marking.

Introduced: March 14, 2011 Introduced by: Issa, Darrell Republican · California See on congress.gov
Commerce Intellectual propertyManufacturing
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Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Mar 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 14, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 21, 2011

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patent Continuing Disclosure Act - Amends federal patent law to prohibit fining for false marking (counterfeiting or imitating patent marks to deceive the public into believing articles are patented) any person who makes, uses, offers for sale, or sells within or imports into the United States, an expired patent item affixed with the word "patent" (along with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] patent number granted to that person) if, after the expiration of the patent: (1) there is no change in the manufacturing or production process, or (2) the word "expired" is placed before the word "patent" (or the patent number) when a change in the manufacturing or production process occurs.

Defines the term "change in the manufacturing or production process" as an intentional expansion, enhancement, improvement, or repair, that suspends, for a period of at least 24 hours, the normal operating procedures through which the item is assembled, made, crafted, manufactured, built, or fabricated from individual components or raw materials, or both.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1056: Patent Continuing Disclosure Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1056/
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