H.R.1791: Grace Period Restoration Act of 2015

About This Bill

  • Introduced April 14, 2015
  • Latest Major Action May 15, 2015

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
May 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
April 14, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
April 14, 2015

Introduced in the House by F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

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