United States · Bill · S
S. 1543 (99th)
Process Patent Amendment of 1985
Introduced
31 July 1985
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Status
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Summary
Process Patent Amendment of 1985 - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a patented process. Directs the Department of Commerce to report to the Congress annually for five years on the effect such restriction has on the importation of ingredients for U.S. manufacturing.
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summary · EN · 31 July 1985
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1543
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/s/1543