S. 4734 · 117th Congress · Senate

Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced
Aug 2, 22
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022

This bill amends the law relating to patent subject matter eligibility to establish that only specified subject matter (e.g., a natural process wholly independent of human activity) are ineligible for patenting. (Currently, subject matter eligibility is determined by examining whether the claimed invention is directed to certain ineligible categories, and if so, whether there is an inventive concept.)