US Congress House Bill 1056 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Patent Continuing Disclosure Act - Amends federal patent law to prohibit fining for false marking (counterfeiting or imitating patent marks to deceive the public into believing articles are patented) any person who makes, uses, offers for sale, or sells within or imports into the United States, an expired patent item affixed with the word "patent" (along with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] patent number granted to that person) if, after the expiration of the patent: (1) there is no change in the manufacturing or production process, or (2) the word "expired" is placed before the word "patent" (or the patent number) when a change in the manufacturing or production process occurs. Defines the term "change in the manufacturing or production process" as an intentional expansion, enhancement, improvement, or repair, that suspends, for a period of at least 24 hours, the normal operating procedures through which the item is assembled, made, crafted, manufactured, built, or fabricated from individual components or raw materials, or both.

Patent Continuing Disclosure Act

Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
2011-03-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1056/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1056/BILLS-112hr1056ih.pdf