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S 866 113th Congress Senate

Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013

Official title: A bill to make improvements to the transitional program covered business method patents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 6, 2013 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Commerce Financial services and investmentsIntellectual property
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 6, 2013
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 Latest action May 6, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to remove the eight-year sunset provision with respect to the transitional post-grant review program available to review the validity of covered business method patents, thereby making the program permanent.

Expands the term "covered business method patent" to include a patent that claims a method or corresponding apparatus for performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration, or management of any enterprise, product, or service, except technological inventions. (Current law limits the program to financial products or services.)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 866: Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-866/
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