On April 29, 2015, Senator Charles Grassley, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary introduced the Patent Act (S. 1137) in response to the Innovation Act.
(meta data) TITLE: PATENT Act (2015; 114th Congress S. 1137) - GovTrack.us skip to main content Search GovTrack About Us Log In Log Out Search GovTrack Updated Analysis on How It's Normal for Presidential Candidates to Miss Votes # S. 1137 (114th): PATENT Act Call or Write Congress ## React to this bill with an emoji ··· ## Save your opinion on this bill on a six-point scale from strongly oppose to strongly support Add Note All Positions » (Shared on panel.) (About Ads | Hide These Ads) ## Add a Note Add a note about this bill. Your note is for you and will not be shared with anyone. Because you are a member of panel, your positions on legislation and notes below will be shared with the panel administrators. (More Info) A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes. The bill's titles are written by its sponsor. ## Sponsor and status ### Charles "Chuck" Grassley Sponsor. Senator for Iowa. Republican. Read Text » Last Updated: Sep 8, 2015 Length: 132 pages Apr 29, 2015 114th Congress, 2015–2017 Died in a previous Congress This bill was introduced on June 4, 2015, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted. ## Position statements ### What legislators are saying "Grassley Weekly Schedule" Sen. Charles "Chuck" Grassley [R-IA] (Sponsor) on Jun 1, 2015 "Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing On Bipartisan PATENT Act By Senators Grassley And Leahy" Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] (Co- sponsor) on May 7, 2015 "Bipartisan, bicameral group highlights broad opposition to sweeping anti-patent legislation moving through Congress" Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL11] on Jul 14, 2015 More statements at ProPublica Represent... We're also collecting the statements of stakeholder organizations. Your organization's position statement could be on this page! Register your organization's position on this bill » ## History Apr 29, 2015 Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. Read Text » May 7, 2015 Considered by Senate Committee on the Judiciary A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill. Jun 4, 2015 Ordered Reported A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. Read Updated Text » See Changes » Feb 25, 2016 Considered by Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill. ### S. 1137 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress. A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law. This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. 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