CLEAR Patents Act of 2021
Summary
Conducting Legally Efficient Administration and Resolution of Patents Act of 2021 or the CLEAR Patents Act of 2021 This bill establishes that a federal agency proceeding pertaining to a patent shall, in certain instances, be stayed while certain administrative validity challenges to that patent are pending. Specifically, if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office institutes an inter partes review (IPR) or a postgrant review (PGR) of a patent and the cancellation of one of the patent's claims would materially affect a federal agency proceeding, that proceeding must be stayed until the IPR or PGR has been decided or otherwise terminated.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
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Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 5, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Committee
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Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
lower
Nov 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Nov 5, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Darrell Issa
RRepublican
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