HR 5902
117th Congress
House
Commerce
CLEAR Patents Act of 2021
Introduced: November 5, 2021
Introduced by:
Issa, Darrell
Republican
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Nov 5, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 5, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Conducting Legally Efficient Administration and Resolution of Patents Act of 2021 or the CLEAR Patents Act of 2021
This bill establishes that a federal agency proceeding pertaining to a patent shall, in certain instances, be stayed while certain administrative validity challenges to that patent are pending.
Specifically, if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office institutes an inter partes review (IPR) or a postgrant review (PGR) of a patent and the cancellation of one of the patent's claims would materially affect a federal agency proceeding, that proceeding must be stayed until the IPR or PGR has been decided or otherwise terminated.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
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