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Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2140| Senate 
| Updated: 6/22/2023
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Cosponsors (1)
Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4734
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 22, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 6, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-9474
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4734
    Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022


  • June 22, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 22, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • September 6, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-9474
    Introduced in House

Commerce

Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2140| Senate 
| Updated: 6/22/2023
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.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4734
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 22, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 6, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-9474
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4734
    Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022


  • June 22, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 22, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • September 6, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-9474
    Introduced in House
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Cosponsors (1)
Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Commerce

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted