To amend title 35, United States Code, to include the exclusive economic zone as part of the United States for patent infringement, and for other purposes.

This bill establishes that certain activities on or below the waters within the U.S. exclusive economic zone that infringe a U.S. patent shall be considered an infringing act that occurs within the United States.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3954 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3954

    To amend title 35, United States Code, to include the exclusive 
economic zone as part of the United States for patent infringement, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2019

Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself and Mr. Correa) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 35, United States Code, to include the exclusive 
economic zone as part of the United States for patent infringement, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PATENT INFRINGEMENT IN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OF THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 10 of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 106. Inventions in the exclusive economic zone
    ``Any act occurring on or below the waters of the exclusive 
economic zone of the United States established by Presidential 
Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 1453 note), including 
activity on the seabed of such zone, that is related to the economic 
exploitation of, or exploration for, natural resources or marine 
scientific research shall be considered an act occurring within the 
United States for the purposes of section 271.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 10 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

        ``106. Inventions in the exclusive economic zone.''.
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