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S. 456 (99th)

A bill providing for a five-year extension of two patents relating to cardiac drugs.

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Introduced

7 February 1985

Last action

7 May 1985 · Committee

Status

Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Commerce Department (Patent and Trademark Office).

Sponsors

Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN], Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]

Subjects

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10 August 2026

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Summary

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to extend, upon its expiration, two certain numbered patents for a period of five years.

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Timeline

  1. 7 February 1985

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 7 February 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 3 May 1985

    Referred

    Committee on Judiciary. Referred jointly to the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.

    Source: Committee

  4. 7 May 1985

    Committee

    Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Commerce Department (Patent and Trademark Office).

    Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

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