US Congress Senate Bill 2150 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 24 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act - Establishes procedures under which the term of an unexpired patent claiming a method of using a biological product shall be extended for five years from its original expiration date. Requires an application for such an extension to demonstrate that: (1) the patent was issued to an independent innovator, and (2) the owner of record is the independent innovator or a small business (with fewer than 500 employees and which is not affiliated with the holder of the marketing application approved under licensing requirements of the Public Health Service Act for the commercial marketing of such biological product) in which the independent innovator has an ownership interest. Defines "independent innovator" as a person or entity that obtains a method of use patent for a biological product and is not, at the time of invention or patent filing, affiliated with the holder of an approved application for the commercial marketing of the product.

Independent Innovator and Repurposing Act

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB4287 (Same As) 2014-04-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2150/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2150/BILLS-113s2150is.pdf