Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986

Summary

Agricultural Patent Reform Act - Amends the patent laws to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or methods for using a product, including methods of manufacturing which primarily use recombinant DNA technology or hybridoma technology, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a five-year limitation on the extension and a 17-year maximum patent term for the earliest filing. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to notify the appropriate Federal agency upon receipt from the product sponsor of a notice of extension to determine the applicable regulatory review period and whether, within that period, the sponsor acted with due diligence. Provides for notice and informal hearings for persons interested in such determinations. Directs the Commissioner, upon a final determination of the applicable regulatory review period, to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent. Permits the setting of fees to cover the costs of review. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for: (1) any pesticide subject to regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; (2) any chemical substance or mixture subject to regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act; and (3) any plant or plant product which is genetically altered and defined as a plant pest or potential plant pest and regulated under the Federal Plant Pest Act.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 6 October 1986

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 September 1986

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 September 1986

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