H.R. 2024: End Anonymous Patents Act
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H.R. 2024: End Anonymous Patents Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-16 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
End Anonymous Patents Act
Plain summary
End Anonymous Patents Act - Requires entities issued a patent to file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a disclosure of the identity of the patent owner and any real parties in interest. Directs patent owners to also make such disclosures to the USPTO upon the payment of maintenance fees. Requires an entity to which a patent, patent application, or interest is sold, granted, or conveyed to file with the USPTO a disclosure of the sale, grant, or conveyance, and any real party in interest in the patent, application, or interest. Specifies that "real parties in interest" include: (1) any entity that has the legal right to enforce the patent through an infringement action, (2) any ultimate parent entity (not controlled by any other entity) of such an entity, and (3) any entity that has a controlling interest in the enforcement of the patent. Limits the damages available in a patent infringement action by an entity that fails to comply with the requirements of this Act to only those damages occurring from the date on which the requirements are met.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
End Anonymous Patents Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2024.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr2024 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113