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S. 1306

Patent Term Restoration Act of 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).

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

Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD](R-MD)Sponsor
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  1. Committee

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

    Intellectual Property Subcommittee
  2. Committee

    Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.

    Intellectual Property Subcommittee
  3. Committee

    Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.

    Intellectual Property Subcommittee
  4. Committee

    Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.

    Intellectual Property Subcommittee
  5. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  6. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate