United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1561 (108th)
United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004
Introduced
2 April 2003
Last action
—
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003 - Amends Federal patent law to: (1) lower patent filing and basic national fees; (2) increase excess claims, disclaimer, appeal, extension, revival, and maintenance fees; and (3) add new application examination, patent search, and patent issuance fees. Prescribes fees under the Trademark Act of 1946 for electronic and paper applications for trademark registration.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
14 official files
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 29 April 2004
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 29 April 2004
Reported to Senate without amendment
summary · EN · 29 April 2004
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 4 March 2004
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 4 March 2004
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 3 March 2004
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 3 March 2004
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 3 March 2004
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 25 July 2003
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 25 July 2003
Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 25 July 2003
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2003
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2003
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 April 2003
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1561
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1561