Search Results: keywords:"double patenting"

  • H. R. 6986 — To address patent thickets.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:684

    H.R. 6986 is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives that aims to manage the issue of patent thickets, particularly in the pharmaceutical and biological product sectors. The bill proposes limiting the number of patents that can be asserted in a lawsuit for infringement to one per...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 6986 is a new idea that tries to make it fairer when people argue about who owns special ideas for medicines. It says that if you have a bunch of ideas that are very close to each other, you can only use one at a time in a big fight about who thought of it first.

  • S. 3583 — To address patent thickets.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:676

    S. 3583 is a bill aimed at addressing "patent thickets" by limiting the number of patents that can be asserted in certain legal actions. The bill amends section 271(e) of title 35 of the United States Code to restrict patent holders to asserting only one patent per "Patent...

    Simple Explanation

    S. 3583 is a bill that tries to make it fairer for companies to make medicines by stopping other companies from using too many similar patents to block them. It says that if someone wants to complain about a patent related to a new drug, they can only talk about one patent at a time.