United States · Bill · S
S. 79 (118th)
Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023
Introduced
25 January 2023
Last action
1 March 2023 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 18.
Sponsors
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 This bill establishes the Interagency Task Force on Patents to support coordination and communication between the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on activities relating to patents for human drugs and biological products. The task force's duties shall include sharing information about (1) the processes of each agency, including how each agency evaluates applications (e.g., patent applications at the PTO and new drug applications at the FDA); and (2) new approvals of patents, human drugs, biological products, and new technologies. The task force must also establish a process that requires (1) the PTO to request from the FDA information relating to certain patent applications to help patent examiners carry out their duties, (2) the FDA to provide such information to the PTO, and (3) the PTO to assist the FDA in its ministerial role of listing patents.
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Timeline
25 January 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
25 January 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
9 February 2023
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
1 March 2023
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 18.
Source: Calendars
1 March 2023
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
1 March 2023
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 1 March 2023 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 25 January 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/79
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/79
- us · 118-s-79 · source updated 10 August 2026