S 1546 119th Congress Senate Commerce Intellectual property Judicial procedure and administration Judicial review and appeals

Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025

Introduced: June 17, 2025 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025

This bill amends the law relating to patent subject matter eligibility to establish that only specified subject matter (e.g., a natural process wholly independent of human activity) is ineligible for patenting. (Currently, subject matter eligibility is determined by examining whether the claimed invention is directed to certain ineligible categories, and if so, whether there is an inventive concept. Subject matter eligibility is one of several requirements that an invention must satisfy in order to receive patent protection.)

Under this bill, an invention shall be considered to involve patent-ineligible subject matter only if it falls within specified categories, such as (1) a mathematical formula that is not part of a useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition; (2) a mental process that is performed solely in the human mind; or (3) an unmodified human gene as the gene exists in the human body.

What's happening now May 1, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Lobbying activity 144

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

GSK (FKA GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)
for GSK (FKA GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
NEOWISE CORP.
for US INVENTOR · Florida · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
IPOLICY SOLUTIONS
for ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY · Maryland · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
WARING FEDERAL STRATEGIES
for AUTM · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
for COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
for INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026

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Cosponsors 3

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Jun 17, 2025

Hirono, Mazie K.

Hawaii · Jun 17, 2025

Coons, Christopher A.

Delaware · May 1, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1546: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1546/

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"S. 1546: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1546/.

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