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S.926: Grace Period Restoration Act of 2015
About This Bill
- Introduced April 14, 2015
- Latest Major Action Feb. 25, 2016
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Bill Summary
Grace Period Restoration Act of 2015 Amends federal patent law to revise the one-year grace period under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) that prohibits certain pre-filing disclosures made during the year preceding the effective filing date of a claimed invention from being considered prior art that would make the claim ineligible for a patent based on lack of novelty or obvious subject matter grounds. (A disclosure that is prior art...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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Feb. 25, 2016 |
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-603.
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April 14, 2015 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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April 14, 2015 |
Introduced in the Senate by Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) |