S. 2140 · 118th Congress
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023
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This bill amends the law relating to patent subject matter eligibility to establish that only specified subject matter (e.g., a natural process wholly independent of human activity) is ineligible for patenting.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 22, 2023
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023
This bill amends the law relating to patent subject matter eligibility to establish that only specified subject matter (e.g., a natural process wholly independent of human activity) is ineligible for patenting. (Currently, subject matter eligibility is determined by examining whether the claimed invention is directed to certain ineligible categories, and if so, whether there is an inventive concept. Subject matter eligibility is one of several requirements that an invention must satisfy in order to receive patent protection.)
Under this bill, an invention shall be considered to involve patent-ineligible subject matter only if it falls within specified categories, such as (1) a mathematical formula that is not part of a useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition; (2) a mental process that is performed solely in the human mind; or (3) an unmodified human gene as the gene exists in the human body.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023
Latest action (Jan 23, 2024): Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-460.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 22, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.