S 2601 115th Congress Senate Commerce Administrative remedies Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Intellectual property User charges and fees

BIG Data for IP Act

Introduced: March 22, 2018 Introduced by: Coons, Christopher A. Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov

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Apr 18, 2018

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Mar 22, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 22, 2018

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Building Innovation Growth through Data for Intellectual Property Act or the BIG Data for IP Act

This bill amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend for 10 years the authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to set and adjust patent fees.

What's happening now April 18, 2018

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2601: BIG Data for IP Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2601/

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"S. 2601: BIG Data for IP Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2601/.

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S. 2601, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2601/.

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