HR 7366
115th Congress
House
Commerce
Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Intellectual property
RAMP Act
Introduced: December 20, 2018
Introduced by:
Issa, Darrell
Republican
· California
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Dec 20, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 20, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Revitalizing Amendment Motions for Patents Act of 2018 or the RAMP Act
This bill establishes that for motions to amend patent claims challenged at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), a patent examiner shall prepare an advisory report about the patentability of the proposed amended claims, which the PTAB shall consider when deciding the motion. The proposed amended claims shall be construed under the broadest reasonable interpretation standard for the purposes of the motion.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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