Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 17, 1983)
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 just happenedAug 2, 1983
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-578.
Who’s behind it
- Aug 2, 1983Committee
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-578.
Intellectual Property Subcommittee - Jul 19, 1983Committee
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.
Intellectual Property Subcommittee - Jun 22, 1983Committee
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.
Intellectual Property Subcommittee - May 25, 1983Committee
Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
Intellectual Property Subcommittee - May 17, 1983IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - May 17, 1983IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate