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Patent Law: A Handbook for Congress
Published Sep 16, 2020Updated Jun 20, 2025
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- HR 3666116th Congress
STRONGER Patents Act of 2019
Jul 30, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- HR 8037116th Congress
Advancing America’s Interests Act
Aug 14, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- S 2082116th Congress
STRONGER Patents Act of 2019
Jul 10, 2019 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- HR 1249112th Congress
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
Sep 16, 2011 · Became Public Law No: 112-29.