H.R. 2766: STOP Act
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H.R. 2766: STOP Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-22 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] · 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
STOP Act
Plain summary
Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to remove the eight-year sunset provision with respect to the transitional post-grant review program available to review the validity of covered business method patents, thereby making the program permanent. Expands the term "covered business method patent" to include a patent that claims a method or corresponding apparatus for performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration, or management of any enterprise, product, or service, except technological inventions. (Current law limits the program to financial products or services.) Requires the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property) to work with and support intellectual property law associations throughout the United States, within established pro bono programs, to assist financially under-resourced resellers, users, implementers, distributors, or customers of an allegedly infringing product or process.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] · 4 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Judy Chu (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2766.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr2766 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113