Senate, House Lawmakers Unveil Plan to Revamp Patent Eligibility (1)

Lawmakers in the House and Senate have released a framework for prospective new legislation that would rewrite federal law on patent eligibility.

Under the framework, an exclusive list of subjects that don’t qualify for patent protection on their own, such as mathematical formulas or mental activities, would be created.

Two of the lawmakers, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and Sen. Christopher Coons (D-Del.), its ranking member, have been meeting with industry representatives and others since December 2018 on how to rewrite the law in light of emerging technologies such as ...