A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, to provide that any person who makes an invention in the course of activities in outer space shall retain all patent rights to such invention.
Outer Space Inventions Act - Amends the patent laws to grant exclusive rights to an inventor whose invention is made in the course of activities of any kind in outer space, regardless of whether such invention was federally-assisted. Authorizes a Federal agency providing total funding for such an invention to reserve a license for its practice on behalf of the United States.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
Referred to Subcommittee on Space Science Applications.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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