H.R. 5902 · 117th Congress
CLEAR Patents Act of 2021
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Conducting Legally Efficient Administration and Resolution of Patents Act of 2021 or the CLEAR Patents Act of 2021
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 5, 2021
Conducting Legally Efficient Administration and Resolution of Patents Act of 2021 or the CLEAR Patents Act of 2021
This bill establishes that a federal agency proceeding pertaining to a patent shall, in certain instances, be stayed while certain administrative validity challenges to that patent are pending.
Specifically, if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office institutes an inter partes review (IPR) or a postgrant review (PGR) of a patent and the cancellation of one of the patent's claims would materially affect a federal agency proceeding, that proceeding must be stayed until the IPR or PGR has been decided or otherwise terminated.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: CLEAR Patents Act of 2021
Also known as: Conducting Legally Efficient Administration and Resolution of Patents Act of 2021
Latest action (Nov 1, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 5, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.