A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code to clarify the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 with respect to medical devices, to promote increased competition and innovation in life-saving medical technologies and to improve patient and physician access to advanced experimental therapeutical alternatives.
Medical Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 - Amends Federal patent law to provide that it is not an act of infringement to make, use, or sell patented medical devices solely for noncommercial research and development uses, or for the submission of federally required information.
Declares that it is an act of infringement to submit an application for a medical device claimed in a patent under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act if the purpose of such application is to engage in commercial transactions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
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