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S 1306 98th Congress Senate Commerce Drugs Food additives Government regulation Inventions Patents Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983

Introduced: May 17, 1983 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 1983
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-578.
Jul 19, 1983
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.
Jun 22, 1983
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.
May 25, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
May 17, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
May 17, 1983
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983 - Amends the patent law to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or methods for using or producing a product, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a seven year limitation. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent.

Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for products subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Act of March 4, 1913 (relating to virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products).

What's happening now August 2, 1983

Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-578.

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