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Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023

Introduced: January 25, 2023 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 1, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 18.
Mar 1, 2023
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
Feb 9, 2023
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023

This bill establishes the Interagency Task Force on Patents to support coordination and communication between the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on activities relating to patents for human drugs and biological products.

The task force's duties shall include sharing information about (1) the processes of each agency, including how each agency evaluates applications (e.g., patent applications at the PTO and new drug applications at the FDA); and (2) new approvals of patents, human drugs, biological products, and new technologies. The task force must also establish a process that requires (1) the PTO to request from the FDA information relating to certain patent applications to help patent examiners carry out their duties, (2) the FDA to provide such information to the PTO, and (3) the PTO to assist the FDA in its ministerial role of listing patents.

What's happening now March 1, 2023

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 18.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2